Herbage moderately to densely hairy. Distal cauline leaf blades ovate, much reduced distally. Heads in wide arrays, usually with elongate proximal branches greatly exceeding subtending leaves. Rays florets 5-9. 2n = 18, 36. Flowering Sep-Nov. Sandy and silty soils, fields, woods and wet ground, mostly outer coastal plain; 0-100 m; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tex., Va.