Seedlings develop a basal rosette and mature plants have leaves that are entirely without petioles. Found throughout the United States in agronomic crops, pastures, orchards, fallow fields, waste areas, and roadsides. Cotyledons oval, 2-3 mm long. Young leaves egg-shaped with toothed margins and becoming hairy.
Leaves become progressively smaller up the stem.
A short taproot with a secondary fibrous root system. Individual flowers are 5 mm in diameter with white or slightly pink ray flowers and yellow disk flowers. A 1 mm long achene, tapered from the base to the apex with many small white bristles that help in wind dispersal. When mature, this weed is easily identifiable.