Involucres mostly campanulate, (2-)3.5-4.5 mm diam. Disc florets 10-48. Cypselae moderately to densely strigoso-sericeous, hairs usually in dense lines, at least partially obscuring faces; pappi of 1 series of distinct scales 0.2-0.5 mm, rarely more reduced. 2n = 8, 16.

Flowering Jul-Oct(-Nov). Grasslands and pine-oak-juniper woodlands; (5-)500-2200 m; N.Mex., Tex.; Mexico (Coahuila, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas).