Subshrubs or shrubs (± pachycaul, fleshy), (10-)30-250+ cm. Leaf lobes mostly filiform, 10-35(-75) × 0.5-1(-2) mm. Heads (1-)8-12+ per stem. Peduncles 4-12(-18+) cm. Calyculi of 4-12+ ovate to linear bractlets (5-)7-12+ mm. Phyllaries 8-14+, lance-ovate, 10-12+ mm. Ray florets 8-13+; laminae 20-35+ mm. Disc corollas 5-6 mm. Cypselae oblong-obovate, 5-7 mm. 2n = 24. Flowering Jan-Jul. Coastal bluffs, dunes; 0-200 m; Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).