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|accepted_name=Malacothrix glabrata
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray ex D. C. Eaton) A. Gray in A. Gray et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer.
|place=1(2): 422. 1884
|year=1884
}}
|common_names=Smooth desertdandelion
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Malacothrix californica var. glabrata
|authority=A. Gray ex D. C. Eaton
|rank=variety
|publication_title=in S. Watson, Botany (Fortieth Parallel),
|publication_place=201. 1871
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Malacothrix;Malacothrix glabrata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malacothrix]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Malacothrix glabrata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 312
|treatment_page=page 316
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> (5–)10–40+ cm. <b>Stems</b> (1–)3–5+, ascending to erect, usually branched proximally and distally, glabrous or sparsely arachno-puberulent near bases (sometimes glaucous). <b>Cauline</b> leaves: proximal usually pinnately lobed (lobes 3–6+ pairs, usually filiform, subequal to unequal, apices acute), ultimate margins entire, faces glabrous or ± hairy (then usually glabrescent); distal reduced (usually pinnately lobed). <b>Calyculi</b> of 12–20+, lanceolate to linear bractlets, hyaline margins 0.05–0.2 mm wide (abaxial faces often ± densely white-hairy). <b>Involucres</b> campanulate to hemispheric, 9–17 × 4–7 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> 20–25+ in 2–3 series, lance-linear to linear, hyaline margins 0.05–0.3 mm wide, faces usually glabrous, abaxial sometimes ± white-hairy. <b>Receptacles</b> bristly. <b>Florets</b> 31–139; corollas usually pale yellow, sometimes white, 15–23+ mm; outer ligules exserted 9–15+ mm. <b>Cypselae</b> ± cylindro-fusiform (sometimes weakly 5-angled), 2–3.3 mm, ribs extending to apices, usually ± equal; persistent pappi of 0–12+, blunt to acute teeth plus 1–2(–5) bristles. <b>Pollen</b> 70–100% 3-porate. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jul.
|habitat=Coarse soils in open areas, or among shrubs, creosote bush scrublands, Amsinckia, Artemisia, and Atriplex-Larrea associations, Joshua tree woodlands
|elevation=0–1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Idaho;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California;Sonora).
|discussion=<p><i>Malacothrix glabrata</i> grows in the Mojave, Great Basin, and Sonoran deserts in California and the Intermountain region in Arizona, <i>Nevada</i>, Oregon, and Utah.</p>
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name=Malacothrix glabrata
|authority=(A. Gray ex D. C. Eaton) A. Gray in A. Gray et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Malacothrix californica var. glabrata
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jul.
|habitat=Coarse soils in open areas, or among shrubs, creosote bush scrublands, Amsinckia, Artemisia, and Atriplex-Larrea associations, Joshua tree woodlands
|elevation=0–1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Idaho;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer.
|publication year=1884
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Malacothrix
|species=Malacothrix glabrata
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