Perennials, 30-90 cm. Internodes (± mid stem) 5-11 cm. Leaves: petioles 0-1 mm; blades simple or 3-foliolate, simple blades or leaflets ± lance-elliptic to narrowly lanceolate, 25-55(-100+) × (4-)6-15(-30+) mm (seldom lobed). Peduncles 2-6+ cm. Calyculi of 7-8 oblong to linear bractlets 3-6 mm. Phyllaries 8, lance-oblong to lance-ovate, 6-8 mm. Ray laminae 12-30+ mm. Disc florets 40-80+; corollas yellow (often drying blackish to purplish), 6-7 mm. Cypselae obovate to oblong, 4-5 mm. 2n = 26, 78, 104. Flowering May-Aug. Oak barrens, road clearings, wooded bottoms; 300-800 m; Ala., Fla., Ga., Ind., Ky., La., Mass., Miss., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.