Plants (1-)3-6+ dm. Leaves mostly basal at flowering; blades usually obovate to oblanceolate or spatulate (rarely ± orbiculate), 3-8(-10+) cm × 4-12(-25+) mm (including petioles), abaxial faces ± densely pilose, adaxial sparsely pilose to hirsute. Bracts rounded-cordate, 8-15(-20+) × 7-15(-18+) mm. Inner phyllaries 9-11+ mm, pilosulous, hairs 0.3-0.6(-0.9) mm. Cypselae (3-)4-5 mm; pappi 6-8 mm. 2n = 22. Flowering Aug-Sep. Open or shaded, dry to wet places in pine forests and mixed forests, often on sandy soils; 10-600 m; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Md., Miss., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.; Mexico (probably introduced).