It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of California, the Southwestern United States, and northwestern Mexico.

[2] It is a low, spreading bush with pale green, hairy foliage.

[2] The daisylike flower heads have 3 to 8 deeply toothed golden-yellow ray florets.

The ray flowers persist for a time and then dry and become papery while maintaining their yellow color.

The 3 toothed corollas of the dried ray flowers fold back over the phyllaries.