Machaeranthera canescens (Pursh) A. Gray subsp. ziegleri Munz, Aliso 7: 65. 1969; M. canescens var. ziegleri (Munz) B. L. Turner

Subshrubs. Stems usually more than 1, ascending to erect, puberulent or canescent, sparsely or not stipitate-glandular; branches divaricate to ascending. Mid leaf blades lanceolate to linear. Peduncles equaling or longer than involucres. Involucres broadly turbinate to hemispheric, (10–)12–16 mm. Phyllaries in 5–10 series, reflexed, apices densely stipitate-glandular. Ray florets pistillate, fertile. Cypselae sparsely to moderately appressed-hairy.

Flowering Jul–Oct. Pine forests in the Santa Rosa Mountains (Riverside County); 1400–2500 m; Calif.