Annuals, to 30 cm. Stems erect, branched distally, hairy. Leaves linear, 10–50 × 1–2+ mm (simple blades or single lobes), margins entire or pinnately lobed, faces glabrous or ± hairy. Involucres hemispheric or obconic, 4–6 mm. Phyllaries 7–16 (distinct), ovate, hairy. Receptacles conic or dome-shaped, muriculate, glabrous or hairy. Ray florets 8–13; laminae oblong to oval, to 6 mm. Anther appendages linear to ± ovate. Cypselae black or gray, clavate, to 1.5 mm, hairy; pappi usually of 1(–2) aristate scales plus 3–6+ shorter, ± subulate scales. 2n = 12.
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