Perennials, subshrubs, or shrubs 10-50(-100+) cm. Leaf blades 50-70(-120+) mm overall, lobes or leaflets (3-)5-7+, lance-elliptic to lanceolate, 15-30(-45) × 3-7(-10+) mm. Heads in ± corymbiform arrays. Peduncles 10-50 mm. Involucres 8-10 × 5-7 mm. Ray florets (3-)5-8+; laminae yellow, ± oblong, 9-15+ mm. Disc florets 12-30+; corollas 6-7 mm. Cypselae 5-6 mm; pappi of 0-5 lanceolate- to subulate-aristate scales 2.5-3+ mm plus 5+ lanceolate to oblong, ± erose scales 0.5-1 mm, distinct or connate, linear-oblong, ± erose scales 2-6+ mm. 2n = 24. Flowering (Aug-)Sep-Nov. Moist sites, grasslands, scrublands, woodlands, cliffs, streamsides; 1400-2500 m; Ariz.; Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora).