Perennials, 30-80 cm. Internodes (± mid stem) 25-50 mm. Leaves: petioles 0-1 mm (or 5-25+ mm, winged, and scarcely distinct from blades); blades not 3-foliolate, most with 3(-5+), ± oblong to linear lobes (5-)15-40+ × 2-3(-7+) mm (sometimes some leaves not lobed). Peduncles 1-4+ cm. Calyculi of 9-12+ oblong to lanceolate bractlets 3-9+ mm. Phyllaries 8, ± oblong to nearly orbiculate, 6-10 mm. Ray laminae 15-25+ mm. Disc florets 60-80+; corollas yellow (sometimes drying blackish), 5-6.5 mm. Cypselae oblong, 5-6 mm. 2n = 26. Flowering Jun-Aug. Prairies, open woods; 100-300 m; Ark., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., La., Mich., Minn., Mo., Nebr., Okla., S.Dak., Wis.