Leaf blades 4-12(-18+) × 1-3(-5+) cm. Peduncles 1-3(-6) cm. Phyllaries: outer ± lance-linear to linear, 8-12 mm, scabrellous and/or hispid; inner lance-ovate to elliptic, 9-15 mm, scabrellous to glabrate. Ray laminae 10-14 × 4-9 mm. Disc corollas 3-4 mm. Cypselae 4.5-6 mm, ± scabrellous to glabrate (pappus-like processes 0.5-1 mm). 2n = 16.

Flowering Mar-Jun. Sandstones, clays, alkaline soils; 10-500 m; Okla., Tex.; Mexico (Coahuila).

Leaves, peduncles, and phyllaries of Lindheimera texana sometimes bear stipitate glands reminiscent of glands in some members of Madiinae.