Annuals, 5–70 cm. Stems ± solid. Leaves: proximal blades pinnatifid to toothed, faces hispid-hirsute, sometimes sessile-or short-stipitate-glandular. Heads in pani-culiform arrays. Bracts subtending heads overlapping proximal 0–1/2 of each involucre or not. Phyllaries ± evenly sessile-or short-stipitate-glandular, including margins and apices, and with pustule-based hairs, at least on midribs. Paleae in 1 series. Ray florets 3(–4); laminae deep yellow, 3–5 mm. Disc florets 3(–4), all or mostly functionally staminate; anthers reddish to dark purple. Pappi of (4–)6–8(–12) quadrate or oblong to lance-linear, fimbriate to laciniate scales 0.5–1 mm. 2n = 22.
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