The leaves are linear, 5–10 millimetres (3⁄16–3⁄8 in) long, with a blunt apex and stiff hairs.

[2] The flowers are produced in dense inflorescences (capitula), 2 cm wide,[2] with white ray florets and yellow disc florets in the center.

Found in the same region, the fruit of Monoptilon bellidiforme is topped by one plume-tipped bristle.

[2] It is native to stony and sandy plains in the Mojave Desert of California, the Sonoran Deserts of the Southwestern United States, and northwestern Mexico.

[2] It is very common in the northern, eastern, and southern parts of the desert.