Leaf blades (2-)10-30+ mm, initially cobwebby, glabrescent, often gland-dotted. Corollas 5-6 mm. Cypselae 2-3 mm; pappi 3-4 mm (bristles falling together). 2n = 14.

Flowering spring-summer. Open gravelly or sandy places, talus slopes screes, serpentine; 1100-2900 m; Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg.