Stems patently to retrorsely ± villous. Leaves cauline, not connate-perfoliate; blades ovate to rhombic or lanceolate, 7-20 × 3-13 cm, coarsely toothed. Ray florets 6-14; laminae 15-40+ mm. Cypselae ± ovoid, 4-6 mm; pappi 0. 2n = 34. Flowering mid spring-early summer. Sandy soils, often in thickets; 0-400 m; Ala., Fla., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Va.