Stems with retrorse, coarse, bristly hairs on basal 10-15 cm, distally glabrous. Leaves: basal withered before flowering, blades 5-13 × 1.5-3 cm. Involucres 9-12 mm. Phyllaries tomentose. Cypselae: bodies 3-4 mm, beaks 5-6 mm, ribs with antrorse tubercles distally; pappi 5-6 mm. 2n = 15. Flowering Jul-Oct. Roadsides, rangelands, grain fields, waste places and other disturbed ground; 0-600 m; introduced; B.C., Ont.; Calif., Del., D.C., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Md., Mich., Mont., N.J., Oreg., Pa., Va., Wash., W.Va.; Eurasia; Africa; Australia.