root perpendicular, simple; stems many from the crown, diffuse or decumbent, tomentose; leaves tapering at base into a petiole, oblongo-lanceolate, on both sides tomentose, undulate, minutely calloso-serrulate; heads subsessile, discoid, terminal or lateral; outer invol. sc. cobwebbed or glabrous, very much acuminate, squarrose, nerved, inner lanceolate, acute, nerveless, erect; disc-achenes furrowed, marginal sterile; pappus of the marg. fl. bristle-shaped, serrate, of the disc double, the outer bristle-shaped, inner plumose beyond the middle, expanded at base. Probably an annual or biennial. Stems 6–12 inches long or more, laxly leafy. Leaves 1–1 1/2 inch long, 2–4 lines wide, like those of some Aizoon. Invol. in the majority of specimens seen by me quite glabrous, as in DC.'s var. “ leiolepis .” Inv. scales white or straw-colour.
