Leaf blades ovate, 10–20 × 5–15 mm, margins dentate-serrate, faces strigose, often glandular-puberulent as well. Involucres 10–15 mm. Phyllaries: outer 6–10-striate, lance-ovate to lance-linear (often stipitate-glandular), margins ± entire, inner linear (± chartaceous). Florets 40–55; corollas cream, often purple-tinged. 2n = 18.

Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Desert mountain slopes, washes
Elevation: 100–1500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., Mexico (Baja California).

Discussion

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