Stems distally sparsely hairy or glabrescent. Leaves glabrous or sparsely puberulent, resinous. Involucres 11–15 mm. Phyllaries recurved, margins usually glandular, apices obtuse to acute, faces glandular. Disc florets 18–30; corollas 10–11 mm.

Flowering Aug–Oct. Foothills and coastal mountains, usually with Quercus, Artemisia, Arctostaphylos, Ceanothus, Heteromeles, Pinus; 20–700 m; Calif.