Plants 20-80 cm. Stems simple. Leaves 2-4(-6) pairs, nearly all basal; sessile; blades (with 3, 5, or 7 prominent, subparallel veins) broadly elliptic, ovate, or rhombic, 4-15 × 1.5-8 cm, margins mostly entire, apices mostly obtuse, faces hirsute and stipitate-glandular (cauline leaves 0 or 1-2, distalmost often alternate, much reduced). Heads 3-20. Involucres campanulate. Phyllaries 12-18, narrowly ovate. Ray florets 10-16; corollas yellow. Disc florets: corollas yellow; anthers yellow. Cypselae dark gray to dark brown, 5-7 mm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular; pappi white, bristles barbellate. 2n = 38. Flowering Apr-Jun. Sandy pine woods and clearings, often in damp soils, chiefly on Coastal Plain; 0-300 m; Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Md., N.J., N.C., Pa., S.C., Va.