Perennials or subshrubs, 6–17(–23) cm (densely clumped, stems leafy); usually densely pilose to villous, sometimes glabrate. Leaves (opposite or alternate): petioles 3–8(–10) mm (usually shorter than blades); blades ovate to ovate-deltate (margins crenate, lacerate, laciniate, or serrate), or 3–5-lobed or pinnately divided (lobes crenate, lacerate, laciniate, lobed, or serrate), 6–18 × 7–20 mm. Heads borne singly or (2–3) in corymbiform arrays (often obscured by leaves), 7–10 × 5–9 mm. Peduncles 1–5(–10) mm. Involucres campanulate. Phyllaries 10–16, linear-lanceolate, lanceolate, to oblanceolate, 4–6.4(–8) × 1–1.7 mm (apices acute). Ray florets 0. Disc florets 20–40; corollas yellow, often tinged with purple, tubes 1–1.9 mm, throats broadly tubular to subfunnelform, 2–2.5(–2.9) mm, lobes 0.4–0.6 mm. Cypselae narrowly oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, 2.5–3.2(–3.6) mm, margins thin-calloused, short-hairy; pappi usually of 1(–2) delicate bristles 1–3(–4) mm, rarely plus vestigial, hyaline scales, sometimes 0. 2n = 34.
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