Perennials or subshrubs, 13–20 cm; villous. Leaves (all alternate): petioles 3–6 mm; blades ovate and entire, or ovate-cuneate and 1–3-lobed, 3–16 × 4–10 mm, ultimate margins entire. Heads borne singly or (2–3) in corymbiform arrays, 7.5–9.5 × 5–7 mm. Peduncles 10–20(–25) mm. Involucres campanulate. Phyllaries 13–23, linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 4–7 × 1–1.5 mm. Ray florets 0. Disc florets 30–75; corollas yellow, tubes 1–1.7 mm, throats 1.8–3 mm, tubular to subfunnelform, lobes 0.7–0.8 mm. Cypselae linear to oblanceolate, 3–3.5 mm, margins thin-calloused, short-hairy; pappi 0, or of 1–2, equal or unequal bristles 1–2 mm plus callous crowns. 2n = ca. 3x = 51.
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