Annuals, 10–30 cm. Stems ± spreading. Leaves: oblanceolate, 10–40 mm, rarely 2–3-lobed, ultimate margins usually entire, plane (apices acute), faces ± woolly. Heads borne singly. Peduncles 3–10 cm. Involucres campanulate, 3–5 mm diam. Phyllaries 8–10, distinct. Ray florets 8–10; laminae yellow, 3–5 mm. Disc florets 10–30; corollas 2–3 mm (tubes cylindric, throats funnelform, gradually dilated, lobes not glandular; anther appendages deltate, glandular). Cypselae 2.5–3 mm; pappi of 3–5 ± spatulate scales 0.5–1 mm plus 3–5 lanceolate scales 1.5–2 mm. 2n = 14.

Flowering Mar–Jun. Rocky openings, foothill woodlands or yellow pine forests; of conservation concern; 500–1900 m; Calif.