Plants 30–70 cm. Leaves: proximal blades 5–9 cm, margins dentate to lobed, faces densely lanate to woolly; cauline leaves (on proximal 1/2 of stems) lanceolate. Heads 1(–2). Involucres obconic to hemispheric, 10–20 mm diam. Phyllaries obovate to oblong-lanceolate, 10–12 mm, apices acuminate. Ray florets 18–32; laminae usually yellow, rarely red-tinged, 12–18 mm. Disc corollas yellow. Cypselae 6–8 mm; pappus scales subequal, 1–2 mm. 2n = 38.

Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, talus, and flats, desert shrublands and conifer woodlands, on volcanic or metamorphic substrates
Elevation: 1700–3000 m

Distribution

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Calif., Nev.

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Subspecies inyoensis grows in the desert mountains of Inyo County and on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada of Mono County, California, and in Nye County, Nevada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.