Stems, leaves, and involucres piloso-villous to puberulent, finely stipitate-glandular. Leaf margins piloso-villous. 2n = 12, 24. Flowering Mar-May(-Jun). Sandy or gravelly slopes and flats, often over clay, alkaline, barren areas dominated by creosote bush, sagebrush, shadscale; 200-2000 m; Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah.