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|accepted_name=Malacothrix torreyi
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=9: 213. 1874
|year=1874
}}
|common_names=Torrey’s desertdandelion
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Malacothrix;Malacothrix torreyi
|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 torreyi]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 312
|treatment_page=page 321
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> (5–)10–25(–40) cm. <b>Stems</b> 1–5+, erect to ascending, branched from bases and distally, sparsely leafy, usually ± stipitate-glandular, sometimes sparsely arachnose or glabrous (sometimes glaucous). <b>Cauline</b> leaves: proximal obovate to oblong, usually pinnately lobed (lobes 3–8 pairs, oblong or triangular to linear, apices obtuse to acute), ± fleshy, ultimate margins dentate, faces usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely arachnose; distal reduced (± elliptic, then pinnately lobed, to linear, bases narrowly cuneate, margins usually dentate, sometimes entire). <b>Calyculi</b> of 8–12+, lance-ovate to lanceolate bractlets, hyaline margins 0.5–0.2 mm wide (faces sometimes stipitate-glandular). <b>Involucres</b> ± campanulate, 8–14 × 4–5 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> 12–20+ in 2–3 series, lance-oblong to lance-linear (apices acuminate), hyaline margins 0.05–0.3 mm wide, faces glabrous or stipitate-glandular. <b>Receptacles</b> sparsely bristly. <b>Florets</b> 58–93; corollas medium yellow, 14–20 mm; outer ligules exserted 7–10 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> cylindro-fusiform, 2.5–4 mm, ribs extending to or beyond apices, 5 more prominent than others (often winglike); pappi persistent, of 12–15 blunt teeth plus 0–6 bristles. <b>Pollen</b> 70–100% 3-porate. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul.
|habitat=Coarse soils, dry sagebrush slopes, Artemisia-Atriplex-Tetradymia associations, Juniper grasslands, Pinyon-Juniper woodlands
|elevation=700–2000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Malacothrix torreyi</i> grows primarily in the Great Basin Desert (in the Inyo Mountains and Modoc Plateau, California), and throughout the Intermountain Region in Arizona (Grand Canyon Plateau), <i>Nevada</i> (Central Great Basin, Uintah and Henry mountains, Flaming Gorge area near Pyramid Lake), Utah (northern), Idaho (Snake River Plateau), Wyoming (Ft. Steele, Green River), and Oregon (Steen Mountains, Owyhee Desert).</p>
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name=Malacothrix torreyi
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul.
|habitat=Coarse soils, dry sagebrush slopes, Artemisia-Atriplex-Tetradymia associations, Juniper grasslands, Pinyon-Juniper woodlands
|elevation=700–2000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1874
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Malacothrix
|species=Malacothrix torreyi
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