Lagophylla dichotoma Bentham subsp. minor D. D. Keck, Madroño 3: 16. 1935

Plants 8–30+ cm (strongly self-incompatible); branching ± pseudo-dichotomous, distal stems eglandular or sparsely glandular. Leaves: blades green, usually eglandular (distal eglandular or stipitate-glandular, glands mostly purple, some yellow). Heads in paniculiform arrays. Calyculi 0. Involucres ± hemispheric to obovoid. Phyllaries 4–5 mm, piloso-hirsute on angles, hairs ± antrorsely curved, 0.5–1+ mm. Ray laminae 7–13 mm. Cypselae glossy. 2n = 14.

Flowering Apr–Jun. Openings in chaparral and woodlands, serpentine slopes; 70–700 m; Calif.

Lagophylla minor is known only from serpentine of the North Inner Coast Ranges and in the northern Sierra Nevada foothills.