Perennials or subshrubs, 12–40(–60) cm. Leaf blades lanceolate, linear-oblong, or linear, 20–35(–45) × 1–10(–12) mm, lengths 3–8+ times widths, pinnately lobed, lobes 1–6, ultimate margins entire. Peduncles 3–7 cm. Outer phyllaries 5, connate ¹/2–³/5 their lengths, ovate, 5–7 mm. Ray florets 8–13; corollas cream-white (sometimes purplish abaxially), laminae oblong-elliptic, 7–13 × 2.5–8 mm. Disc florets 25–50. Fruits 1.5–2.6 mm. 2n = 20, 40.

Flowering Mar–Oct. Open sites, grasslands, roadcuts, arid or desert scrublands; (200–)1000–2000(–2500) m; Ariz., Colo., Kans., N.Mex., Okla., Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora).