Plant: Taprooted annual forb to 50 cm; stems erect, 3-25 cm, leafy, branched at or above base, bristly throughout Leaves: simple, alternate, 1-3 cm, 3-7 mm wide; lower oblanceolate, elliptic, or oblong in outline, 1-2-pinnately lobed; upper linear, reduced, lobes and teeth bristle-tipped INFLORESCENCE: primary inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower; heads radiate, solitary or in cymes; involucre 6-7 mm, 7-12 mm wide, hemispheric; phyllaries in 4-6 series, linear-lanceolate, bristle-tipped, hairy Flowers: Ray flowers 16-18; ligules 7-12 mm, yellow; Disk flowers 44-65; corollas 4.5-5.5 mm, yellow; style tips triangular to linear, acute Fruit: 2.2-2.8 mm, canescent; pappus < or = 5 mm, bristles unequal, slightly wider at base, white to reddish brown Misc: Sandy or rocky places; < 1500 m.; Apr-Jun Notes: Pappus bristles graduated-capillary.Phyllary tips white and bristley. References: Kearney & Peebles; Arizona Flora. McDougall; Seed plants of Northern Arizona. ASU specimans