Perennials, (10–)20–40 cm. Stems 1–15+, sparsely lanate. Leaves mostly basal (cauline relatively few); blades green, narrowly oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate, 5–11 cm, margins sinuate, lobed, or toothed (lobes or teeth triangular), faces sparsely to moderately lanate and glandular-puberulent; distal cauline leaves oblong to narrowly lanceolate, much reduced. Heads 1. Involucres obconic to hemispheric, 12–25 mm diam. Phyllaries 8–15 mm, outer lanceolate, apices acute to attenuate. Ray florets 28–59; corolla tubes glabrous, laminae yellow, 8–12 mm. Disc corollas yellow. Cypselae 6–10 mm; pappus scales subequal, 1–1.5 mm. 2n = 38.