Plants mostly 10-30 cm. Stems leafy (at least proximal ¹ / 2 ), densely piloso-hispid. Leaves basal and cauline, cauline gradually reduced distally. Heads (1-)2-3(-5). 2n = 18.

Flowering Apr-Jun(-Aug, -Oct). Gravelly or rocky sites, greasewood-blackbrush, sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, ponderosa pine; (400-)800-2900 m; Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Nev., N.Mex., Utah, Wyo.