Leaves oblanceolate to lance-linear. Peduncles 10-130 mm. Involucres 8-13 mm. Phyllaries ± 8, connate ± ³/4 their lengths (forming cups with distinct, triangular lobes), oblanceolate, apices acute. Ray florets ± 8; corollas usually yellow, sometimes cream, laminae 8-20 mm, ± equally 3-lobed. Disc florets 60-100. Cypselae obcompressed, 2.5-4 mm, 3-angled (ray), 4-angled (disc), glabrous or apically hairy. 2n = 24.

Flowering Feb-Jul. Clayey areas in grasslands; 10-1100 m; Calif.