Annuals, to 30 cm. Stems erect, branched proximally, glabrous or woolly to villous, especially distally. Leaves linear, 10–60 × 1–2+ mm (simple blades or single lobes), margins usually lobed, sometimes entire, faces glabrous or hairy. Involucres obconic, 6–8 mm. Phyllaries 6–9, elliptic to ovate, glabrous or villous. Receptacles conic, muricate, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Ray florets 6–13; laminae elliptic, 7–8 mm. Anther appendages deltate. Cypselae black to gray, narrowly clavate, 1.5–3.5 mm, hairy; pappi of 4–6 white or yellowish, lanceolate to ovate, aristate scales. 2n = 8.
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