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|accepted_name=Helianthella microcephala
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=19: 10. 1883
|year=1883
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Encelia microcephala
|authority=A. Gray
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae;Helianthella;Helianthella microcephala
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Helianthella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Helianthella microcephala]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 115
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>20–60(–80) cm. <b>Cauline</b> leaves: largest proximal to mid stems; blades usually 3-nerved, linear-spatulate to oblong-spatulate, 6–25 cm, faces hispidulous to scabrellous or glabrate. <b>Heads</b> (3–)5–15+ in corymbiform arrays, erect. <b>Involucres</b> turbinate, campanulate, or hemispheric, (8–)12–15(–20+) mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> deltate-ovate to oblong (unequal to subequal, margins ciliolate, apices obtuse). <b>Paleae</b> chartaceous, relatively firm. <b>Ray</b> florets (5–)13; laminae 8–14 mm (usually little surpassing discs). <b>Disc</b> corollas purple to brown. <b>Cypselae</b> strongly compressed, ± oblanceolate (scarcely winged, faces densely strigose); pappi of 2 ± subulate scales plus 0–4 shorter scales. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Gulches, ravines, hillsides, semidesert sites, pinyon-juniper associations
|elevation=1700–2800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|discussion=<p><i>Helianthella microcephala</i> grows in the Colorado Plateau province.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Helianthella microcephala
|author=
|authority=(A. Gray) A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Encelia microcephala
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Gulches, ravines, hillsides, semidesert sites, pinyon-juniper associations
|elevation=1700–2800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1883
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae
|genus=Helianthella
|species=Helianthella microcephala
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