Plants 3–8 (10) dm tall; aerial flowering stems not fistulose, 1–3 dm long, glabrous; leaves basal, the blades 1–4 cm long, 0.5–2 cm wide, tomentose abaxially, floccose or glabrous adaxially, the margins plane; inflorescences cymose, 20–70 cm long, 20–40 cm wide, the branches glabrous; involucres 2–7 per cluster, 3–5 mm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; flowers 2.5–3 mm long, the perianth white or, infrequently, yellow, pubescent. 2n = 40.

Flowering Jun-Oct. Sandy to gravelly, often volcanic flats and slopes, mixed grassland, manzanita, buckbrush, and sagebrush communities, scrub oak and montane conifer woodlands; 50–2200 m.

Leaves basal, the blades 1–4 cm long, 0.5–2 cm wide, tomentose abaxially.

Leaves basal, the blades 1–4 cm long, 0.5–2 cm wide, tomentose abaxially.

Leaves basal, the blades flocose or glabrous adaxially.