stems short, tufted, simple, scaberulous, ending in naked peduncles; leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, either entire or coarsely few-toothed, or sinuate, subglabrous, calloso-ciliolate, thickish, one-nerved; inv. scales lanceolate-acuminate, dorsally scabrous, with white margins; rays yellow; achenes of ray triquetrous, the angles crenate-toothed, the faces rugulose and gland-dotted; of disc flat, with wide, thickened rim, occasionally 3-winged. Stems in dense tufts, 1–2 inches long, leafy, prolonged 4–5 inches into a sparsely leafy flowering stem, ending in a naked, scabrous, one-headed peduncle. Leaves 1 1/2–2 inches long, 2–4 lines wide, the surface mostly glabrous. Heads of small size; rays scarcely uncial. Mr. Cooper's plant is smaller, less scabrous, with more entire leaves.
