Leaves 1-4 cm, bases tapered, apices obtuse. Heads 6-8 mm. Phyllaries ± purple, 3-6 mm. Disc corollas 3-5 mm, minutely glandular. Cypselae 2.5-4 mm; pappi 1.5-2.5 mm. 2n = 18. Flowering Jun-Aug. Open forests, dry meadows, gravelly slopes; 2100-3800 m; Calif.