Plants 30-60 cm (herbage sometimes glaucous). Stems proximally glabrous or piloso-hirsute (hairs 6-10+ mm), distally glabrous. Leaves: basal (0-)3-5, cauline 4-8+; blades oblanceolate to lanceolate or linear, 40-80(-120) × 5-10(-20) mm, lengths 2.5-8+ times widths, bases cuneate to truncate, margins entire, apices rounded to acute, faces glabrous or piloso-hirsute (hairs 3-6+ mm). Heads 6-25+ in ± corymbiform to paniculiform arrays. Peduncles usually glabrous, sometimes stellate-pubescent and/or stipitate-glandular. Calyculi: bractlets 8-13. Involucres campanulate, 7-10 mm. Phyllaries 13-16+, apices ± rounded, abaxial faces usually glabrous, sometimes stellate-pubescent and/or stipitate-glandular. Florets ca. 20; corollas whitish to pinkish, ca. 8 mm. Cypselae weakly urceolate, 3-4.5 mm; pappi of 50-60+, white or stramineous bristles in 2+ series, 4-5+ mm. Flowering Jul. Rocky sites; 2000-2300 m.

Santa Catalina Mountains
Location: Chihuahua Picnic Area across stream.
9/24/15

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