Leaf blades 10-25(-35+) × 1-2(-5+) mm. Peduncles ± pilosulous near heads. Involucres 5-7+ mm. Ray corollas: tubes 2.5-3+ mm, laminae narrowly elliptic, 1-1.5+ mm. Disc corollas: tubes 1-1.5 mm, throats 2-2.5 mm, lobes 0.1-0.3 mm. Cypselae 5-6 mm; pappi 1-4+ mm. 2n = 18.

Flowering May-Jun. Grassy slopes; 100-300+ m; Calif.