Stems usually glabrous, rarely sparsely hirtellous. Leaves (and phyllaries) not or weakly gland-dotted. Involucres 11-15 × 4-7 mm. Phyllaries: inner (9-)10-13 × 2.5-3.8 mm, apices acute (without mucros or apicula). Cypselae 3-4.5 mm. 2n = 20. Flowering Aug-Oct. Pine flatwoods, longleaf pine-turkey oak, scrub oak, sandy peat, sand, ridges, fields, moist swales; 0-20 m; Fla., Ga.