Leaves ascending to spreading, blades 30-70 × 8-36 mm, bases attenuate to cuneate, clasping (more so in distal leaves), apices acute to attenuate; cauline ± sessile, reduced distally. Disc florets: corollas 5.8-7.6 mm, lobes 1-1.6 mm; anthers yellow, ca. 2.6 mm; style branches 1.8-2.5 mm, stigmatic lines nearly as long as appendages, appendages 1.2-1.7 mm. Cypselae 4-5 mm; pappi 6-7 mm. 2n = 18.

Flowering mid summer-fall. Rocky terrain near and above treeline; of conservation concern; 2500-3500 m; Nev.

Toiyabea alpina is found in the Toiyabea and Toquima mountains of southern Nevada.