Leaf blades 3-5 cm × 12-18 mm overall. Phyllaries 8-10 mm. Ray laminae 7-8 mm. Disc corollas: tubes 0.8-1 mm, throats 2.5-3 mm, lobes 0.5-0.8 mm. Cypselae 3-4 mm; pappus scales 1.5-2 mm.

Flowering Apr. Limestone soils; 1100-1200 m; Tex; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León).