Annuals, 4-15 cm, eglandular; taprooted. Leaves not densely overlapping, basal and proximal cauline blades oblanceolate-spatulate to oblanceolate-obovate, 8-26 × 1-5 mm, reduced in size distally, herbaceous, bases not clasping, flat, faces hispido-pilose. Involucres cylindro-turbinate, 3.5-4.5 × 2.5-5 mm. Ray florets 8-19; corollas white. Disc florets 11-18, bisexual. Cypselae 1.5-1.8 mm, 8-nerved, faces long-strigose in 8 lines; pappi white-hyaline, erose-margined, asymmetric, cuplike crowns 0.2-0.5 mm, in 1 series. 2n = 16.

Flowering (Feb-)Mar-May(-Jun). Open areas in deep, loose sand, usually in oak woodlands; 10-30 m; Tex.