Perennials, 20-90 cm. Leaves: basal simple or 1-pinnate, 6-20 cm, lobes 5-15+ × 1-9 mm; cauline 0 or 3-6. Heads 1-8(-20+) per stem. Peduncles 1-10 cm. Phyl-laries yellowish to whitish or red-tinged, 6-9 × 2-3 mm. Ray florets 0. Disc florets 20-40; corollas yellow, 3-4.5 mm, tubes 2-2.5 mm, throats campanulate, 1-1.5 mm, lengths 3-4 times lobes. Cypselae 4-6 mm, glabrous or sparsely hirtellous; pappi of 12-20 scales 0.1-0.4 mm. 2n = 34. Flowering Jun-Oct. Openings in pine, spruce, and aspen woodlands; 2100-3000 m; Ariz., N.Mex.; Mexico.