Plants 0.2-1 × 0.2-0.8 dm. Leaf blades (0.3-)0.5-1.5 × (0.1-)0.2-0.4 cm. Peduncles 1-2 mm. Invo-lucres 3-5 mm, faintly corrugate; awns divergent, (1-)2-3 mm. Flowers 1.5 mm; filaments 1.5-2 mm. Achenes 1.5 mm. 2n = 28.

Flowering May-Jun. Sandy soil in grassland communities, and in pine-oak or juniper woodlands; of conservation concern; 300-600 m; Calif.