Stems moderately to densely short-strigose, eglandular or nearly so. Distal cauline leaf blades ovate to lanceolate, 17–40 × 5–15 mm, margins with few long-hispido-strigose cilia, faces moderately to densely short-strigose (small leaves sometimes nearly white), eglandular or sparsely stipitate-glandular. Subtending bracts ovate, usually large (6–17 × 1.5–5.5 mm), leaflike, well differentiated (sometimes densely strigose when small). Involucres 6.4–10 mm. Phyllaries lanceolate to triangular-lanceolate, faces moderately strigose, usually eglandular. Ray laminae 8.5–14(–16) mm. Cypsela faces moderately strigose. 2n = 18, 36.