Pyrrocoma grindelioides de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 350. 1836; Haplopappus squarrosus Hooker & Arnott subsp. grindelioides (de Candolle) D. D. Keck

Stems sparsely puberulent, often tomentulose proximal to heads. Leaves sparsely puberulent, not resinous. Involucres 8–12 mm. Phyllaries recurved, margins glandular (if at all), apices obtuse to acute, faces apically cinereous. Disc florets 9–16; corollas 9–10 mm. 2n = 10.

Flowering Jul–Oct. Chaparral in foothills, coastal mountains, and islands, usually with Quercus, Pinus, Arctostaphylos, Rhus, Heteromeles, Adenostoma, Ceanothus; 100–1300 m; Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).