Perennials, 10-40 cm. Stems spreading to erect. Leaves all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate); blades simple or 1-2-ternately lobed, lobes lanceolate to oblong, 10-25(-55+) × 2-5(-20+) mm, faces ± densely scabrello-canescent, usually gland-dotted as well. Involucres 5-7+ × 9-14+ mm. Ray florets 8-13+; corolla laminae 6-15+ mm. Disc florets 60-80(-120+); corollas 3-4 mm. Cypselae 3-4.5+ mm, faces hirtellous to ± strigose; pappi of ± spatulate to obovate, apically ± muticous scales 1-1.5 mm. 2n = 24, 48. Flowering Mar-Nov. Sandy soils with mesquite or desert scrubs, calcareous places; 600-1700 m; Ariz., N.Mex., Tex.; Mexico.

Plant: Perennial forb to 50 cm; herbage white woolly Leaves: leaves opposite below, alternate above, dissected