Yellowray Fremont’s-gold, yellow syntrichopappus

Stems decumbent or erect. Leaves: blades narrowly cuneate to spatulate, 5–20 mm, margins usually distally 3-lobed, some-times entire (revolute). Peduncles 3–25 mm. Involucres 5–7 mm. Phyllaries ± 5. Rays yellow, laminae 3–5 mm. Cypselae 2–3.5 mm, sparsely to densely hispidulous; pappi of 30–40 bristles ± 2 mm. 2n = 12.

Flowering Mar–Jun. Sandy or gravelly openings in deserts, creosote-bush or sagebrush scrublands, or Joshua Tree or pinyon-juniper woodlands; 600–2500 m; Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah; Mexico (Baja California).