Biennials or perennials, 30-60 cm (monocarpic; sometimes with sparingly branched, woody caudices). Stems 1-4(-8), green throughout, branched distally, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves: blades simple or lobed (lobes 3-9), glabrous, gland-dotted; mid leaves lobed (lobes 3-7, terminal lobes 0.8-1 mm wide). Heads (7-)40-150(-250) per plant, in paniculiform to corymbiform arrays. Peduncles 1.2-2 cm, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Involucres usually urceolate, sometimes campanulate, 6-8 × 5-6 mm. Phyllaries in 2 series, unequal; outer 8(-9), basally connate ¹/2 their lengths, lanceolate, 4-6 mm, apices acuminate to acute; inner 8(-10), obovate, 4.5-5 mm, apices mucronate. Ray florets 8(-9); corollas yellow, 7-8.5 × 3-4(-4.8) mm. Disc florets 25-60+; corollas 3.1-4.2 mm. Cypselae narrowly obpyramidal, 2.1-2.5 mm; pappi of 5(-7) obovate to lanceolate, aristate scales 2.5-3 mm. Flowering Jul-Sep. Roadsides, open areas, edges of pine forests; 2000-2500 m; N.Mex.