Perennials, 40–100 cm. Leaves mostly alternate (usually crowded with axillary clusters of smaller leaves); petioles 0; blades (3–nerved) linear-oblong, linear-oblanceolate, or linear, mostly 2–5 cm, margins shallowly toothed distally or entire. Heads in open, subcorymbiform arrays. Peduncles mostly 5–30 mm, viscid-puberulent and stipitate-glandular. Involucres 6–8 mm, stipitate- and sessile-glandular. Phyllaries stipitate- and sessile-glandular, apices acute to acuminate. Corollas white or pink, purplish, or rose, lobes glandular and sparsely hispid-villous. Pappi ± equaling corollas. 2n = 22, 33, 44.

Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct(–Nov).
Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, other disturbed sites
Elevation: 1500–2000 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Tex., Mexico, Central America.

Discussion

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