Plants (1-)6-7+ dm. Leaves mostly basal at flowering; blades oblanceolate, 9-14(-20+) cm × 20-35(-45+) mm (including petioles), abaxial faces pilose to hirsute, adaxial sparsely pilose to hirsute. Bracts rounded-deltate to lance-deltate, 8-12+ × 6-8+ mm. Inner phyllaries 6-8 mm, ± densely strigose to villous, hairs (0.3-)0.5-1 mm. Cypselae 3-3.5 mm; pappi 3-4 mm. 2n = 22.

Flowering Aug-Sep. Open or shaded, dry to wet places in pine forests and mixed forests, usually on sandy soils; 0-50 m; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., S.C.