Illustrator: Marjorie C. Leggitt

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Plants 10–120 cm. Leaves glabrous (but for bristly-ciliate margins and midribs), scabrous, or hirsute (not glandular). Involucres 3–6 mm. Anthers yellow to brownish. Pappi 0.

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Idaho, N.Y., Nev., Oreg., Wash., nw Mexico.

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Centromadia pungens subsp. laevis, Centromadia pungens subsp. pungens

Key

1	Leaves: margins bristly-ciliate, faces glabrous but for bristly midribs; paleae little, if at all, exserted, apices obtuse to acute, sometimes apiculate	Centromadia pungens subsp. laevis
1	Leaves: margins sometimes ciliate, faces glabrous, scabrous, or hirsute, midribs sometimes bristly; paleae often conspicuously exserted, apices ± attenuate, spine-tipped	Centromadia pungens subsp. pungens