Achyropappus woodhousei A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 546. 1866; Bahia woodhousei (A. Gray) A. Gray

Plants ± erect, 3–15(–18+) cm. Leaf lobes narrowly lanceolate to linear, 8–20+ × 1–2(–5) mm, faces sparsely scabrellous and gland-dotted. Involucres ± turbinate or obconic to hemispheric, 5–6+ × 4–6+ mm. Ray florets 3–8; corollas pale yellow (sometimes ochroleucous), laminae 2–5 mm. Disc florets 20–35+; corollas 3–3.5 mm. Cypselae 3–4 mm, seldom gland-dotted, usually hirsutulous (at least at bases); pappus scales usually lanceolate to linear-subulate, 0.8–1.2(–2) mm. 2n = 24.

Flowering May–Sep. Roadsides, etc., on sandy, silty, or loamy soils of grasslands, plains, or prairies; 1000–1700 m; Ariz., Colo., Kans., N.Mex., Okla., Tex.