Stems distally sparsely hairy or glabrescent. Leaves glabrous or sparsely puberulent, resinous. Involucres 11-15 mm. Phyllaries recurved, margins usually glandular, apices obtuse to acute, faces glandular. Disc florets 18-30; corollas 10-11 mm. Flowering Aug-Oct. Foothills and coastal mountains, usually with Quercus, Artemisia, Arctostaphylos, Ceanothus, Heteromeles, Pinus; 20-700 m; Calif.