Haplopappus carthamoides (Hooker) A. Gray var. cusickii A. Gray in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 126. 1884 (as Aplopappus); H. carthamoides subsp. cusickii (A. Gray) H. M. Hall

Plants 10–15(–43) cm. Stems slender. Leaves: basal blades spatulate-lanceolate, 50–200 × 10–20 mm. Involucres campanulate or turbinate, 10–20 × 15–20(–30) mm. Phyllaries (loose, scarcely overlapping) lanceolate, apices acute to acuminate, mucro erect. 2n = 12.

Flowering Jun–Sep. Pine forest, sagebrush scrub, dry slopes, openings in pine and mixed hardwoods forest, lava fields; 900–2800 m; Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Wash.

Variety cusickii is recognized by its generally smaller size, and campanulate to turbinate involucres with loose, lanceolate phyllaries.