Stems glabrous or scabrous. Leaves glabrous or sparsely puberulent, resinous. Involucres 11-15 mm. Phyllaries erect, margins usually glandular, apices ± obtuse-mucronate, faces glabrous, resinous. Disc florets 18-30; corollas 10-11 mm. Flowering Sep-Nov. Dry canyons, usually with Quercus, Pinus, Arctostaphylos, Ceanothus, Eriogonum; 600-1200 m; Calif.