Leaf blades elliptic to lanceolate, 20-70 × 7-20 mm, lengths mostly 2-5 times widths. Peduncles 2-15 mm. Phyllaries: apices (inner) mostly acute.

Flowering Aug-Nov. Igneous soils, montane and canyon slopes; 1500-2200 m; Ariz., N.Mex., Tex.; Mexico.