Description: Perennial herb from a taproot and stout branching woody base, 5 - 15 cm (2 - 6 in.) tall. Stems densely pubescent (hairy). Leaves densely hairy like stems. Basal leaves obovate, to 7 cm (2.8 in.) long, 13 mm (0.5 in.) wide; stem leaves reduced, narrower, oblanceolate to linear. Inflorescence with strictly discoid flower heads, solitary, sometimes two. Ray florets absent; disk florets 4 - 6 mm (0.2 in.) long, pappus 15 - 25 firm bristles. Fruit an achene. Time of flowering: June to July, sometimes October after late summer rains.
Habitat: Found on limestone rock outcrops, and in crevices of north-facing cliffs, in pinyon-juniper and mixed conifer forest communities. Elevations: 1,890 - 2,560 m (6,200 - 8,400 ft).
Range: Nevada endemic. Known from the Sheep Range in Clark County, and Groom Range and Mount Irish in Lincoln County, Nevada.
Comments: Distinguished from E. caespitosus by the densely glandular flower heads, by longer hairs on stems and leaves, and by the lack of ray florets.