Basal leaves (5-)10-30 cm. Cauline leaves gradually smaller distally, primary lobes ovate to narrowly linear, their margins sometimes again lobed or toothed. Involucres 6-10 mm. Phyllary tips hirsute-ciliate. Ray corollas 10-16 mm. Disc corollas 3.5-5 mm. Cypselae 3-4 mm; pappi 1-2 mm. 2n = 18.

Flowering Apr-Jul. Grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, desert scrub, roadsides; 100-2000 m; Ariz., Ark., Colo., Kans., Mo., Nebr., N.Mex., Okla., S.Dak., Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas).