Leaf blades 2-4+ cm. Heads held well beyond foliage. Peduncles 3-8+ cm, distally dilated, fistulose. Ray corollas 8-12 × 1-2 mm. Cypselae 3-4 mm; pappi 3-5 mm. 2n = 32.

Flowering year round, mostly spring and fall. Low, often ± saline sites; 0-10+ m; Tex.; Mexico.