Biennials (perhaps flowering first year), 45-150 cm. Leaves: basal 2-pinnate, (3-)8-12 cm, 2-pinnate, lobes 4-10 × 0.5-1 mm; cauline 12-25+. Heads 45-60 per stem. Peduncles (1-)2-5 cm. Phyllaries gray-green, (3.5-)5-6 × (1.5-)2.5-3.5 mm. Ray florets 0. Disc florets 20-40; corollas whitish (drying pinkish), 3-4 mm, tubes 1.5-2 mm, throats funnelform, 1-1.5 mm, lengths 1-2 times lobes. Cypselae 4 mm, ± hirtellous to villous; pappi of 16-20 scales 1-1.5 mm.

Flowering Apr-Jun. Sandy soils, oak woodlands; of conservation concern; 50-100+ m; Tex.