Annuals, 30-70 cm. Phyllaries 8(-12), mostly linear to narrowly oblanceolate. Rays 3-8. Disc florets 15-30; corollas creamy to bright yellow, mostly 5-7 mm, lobe lengths 0.3-1 times throats; anthers yellowish. Cypselae 3-5 mm; pappus scales 1.5-6 mm. 2n = 24, 48. Flowering summer-fall. Open slopes and washes, sandy or gravelly soils; 600-1500 m; Ariz., N.Mex.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora).

Notes: Leaf apex apiculate.Phyllaries scarious and puberulent.Number of flowers per head is numerous. References: Kearney & Peebles; Arizona Flora. McDougall; Seed plants of Northern Arizona. ASU specimans