Perennials, 15-30 cm; internodes mostly 10-20+ mm. Leaf blades mostly filiform, 20-60 × 1-2 mm. Phyllaries 5, ovate to oblong or elliptic, 9-12 mm. Florets mostly 50-80+; corollas yellow, 7.5-12 mm. Cypselae 7-8 mm; pappi: longer bristles 8-10 mm. 2n = 72.

Flowering spring-fall. Open, rocky sites, grasslands and desert scrub; 1200-2000 m; Tex.