Plants subshrubs or shrubs, (1) 1.5–5 (7.5) dm tall, 1–12 (18) dm across; aerial flowering stems mostly tomentose; leaves with petiole bases not forming distinct ring around stem, the blades oblanceolate to elliptic, 0.5–1.5 cm long, 0.2–0.5 (0.7) cm wide, the margins usually plane; inflorescences virgate or cymose, the branches slender; involucres 1 per node, turbinate to narrowly campanulate, 2–2.5 mm long; flowers 2.5–3.5 mm long, the perianth white to pink or rose, the hypanthium 1⁄4 length of perianth, the tepals monomorphic or nearly so, obovate, the stamens exserted, 1.5–4 mm long, the filaments glabrous or sparsely pilose proximally; achenes 2.5–3 mm long.

Flowering Jul-Oct. Gravelly to rocky (often calcareous) slopes, mixed grassland, saltbush, blackbrush, creosote bush, and mesquite communities, oak or pinyon and/or juniper woodlands; (300) 900–2200 m.

Involucres 1 per node, turbinate to narrowly campanulate, 2–2.5 mm long.