Multiple, branched stems reach 1–2 feet tall with large, deeply lobed leaves and numerous yellow flower heads. The bushy plants can form dense stands along roadsides and in fields. Note the dark anthers in the central disk and the hairy stem and leaves.

FLOWERS: March–August. Yellow with 8–10 petal-like ray flowers, 3/8 inch (10 mm) long, tips notched and often roll under with age; disk flowers yellow with prominent blackish anthers; phyllaries underneath the rays have hairy margins, are spreading with rounded bases and long, linear tips.

LEAVES: Alternate. Blades 2–6 inches (5–15 cm) long, deeply cut with oval to narrow-linear lobes along the midrib, surfaces coarsely hairy, tips pointed.

HABITAT: Sandy, gravelly loams, fields, roadsides; desert scrub, shortgrass prairies, pinyon-juniper woodlands.

ELEVATION: 4,200–8,000 feet.

RANGE: AZ, CO, KS, NM, OK, TX.

SIMILAR SPECIES: The yellow ray and disk flowers and deeply lobed leaves distinguish this species.

NM COUNTIES: Widespread in eastern half of NM in low- to mid-elevation, dry habitats: Bernalillo, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Dona Ana, Eddy, Guadalupe, Harding, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Mora, Otero, Quay, Roosevelt, San Juan, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro, Torrance, Union.