Leaves not stipitate-glandular. Phyllaries gland-dotted (not stipitate-glandular). Disc florets 3-5. 2n = 10. Flowering Aug-Oct. Openings, chaparral, thin, gravelly soils of serpentine outcrops, roadsides; of conservation concern; 100-500 m; Calif. Variety glabrata is known only from the southern San Francisco Bay area in Santa Clara County.