Machaeranthera commixta Greene, Pittonia 4: 71. 1899; M. bigelovii (A. Gray) Greene var. commixta (Greene) B. L. Turner; M. canescens (Pursh) A. Gray var. commixta (Greene) S. L. Welsh

Leaf blades lanceolate to oblanceolate, mid 20–60 × 5–12 mm, margins usually entire, sometimes dentate or serrate, faces glabrous or sparsely puberulent, often sparsely stipitate-glandular. Involucres broadly turbinate, 7–13 mm, widths 1–1.5 times heights. Phyllaries 25–50, 1–2 mm wide (at midpoint), apices acute to acuminate, 2–4 mm. Ray florets 12–30. 2n = 8.

Flowering Jun–Sep. Grasslands, meadows, in subalpine coniferous forests; 2400–3400 m; Utah.

Variety commixta is found in and near the southern Wasatch Mountains.