Plants 30–60 cm. Leaves crowded, gray; blades 1-nerved, linear, 20–40 × ca. 1 mm, faces tomentose, eglandular; distalmost overtopping arrays. Heads 5–10+ in compact, racemiform arrays, or terminal glomerules. Involucres 9.5–12 mm. Phyllaries 12–20, mostly chartaceous, apices spreading, acuminate. Florets 5–7; corollas pale yellow, 8–10.7 mm, tubes hairy, throats gradually dilated, lobes 1.2–1.7 mm. 2n = 18.

Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Upland slopes, tablelands
Elevation: 200–2900 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., Nebr., N.Mex., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

Variety howardii grows within and east of the Rocky Mountains.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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