Involucres narrowly obconic, 2-3 mm diam. Disc florets 7-13. Cypselae evenly strigose, hairs not obscuring faces; pappi of continuous or scaly crowns less than 0.1 mm. 2n = 8, 10, 16.

Flowering Jul-Sep(-Oct). Rocky prairies, grasslands, roadsides, over clays and loams, less commonly sand; 0-700 m; Ark., Ill., La., Mo., Okla., Tex.; Mexico (Coahuila, where rare).