Blepharipappus scaber subsp. laevis (A. Gray) D. D. Keck

Leaf blades 6–25+ × 0.5–1.5 mm. Phyllaries 3–8 mm. Ray laminae 2–11 mm. Disc corollas 2–3.5 mm. Cypselae 2–3.5 mm; pappi 0.1–2 mm. 2n = 16.

Flowering Apr–Sep. Openings in sagebrush scrub, pinyon-juniper woodlands, yellow-pine forests; 300–2200 m; Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Wash.

Blepharipappus scaber is unusual among self-incompatible, continental tarweeds for occurring widely in western North America and having a relatively limited distribution in the California Floristic Province.