Haplopappus texanus J. M. Coulter, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 40. 1890 (as Aplopappus)

Leaf blades 20–80 × 0.5–4 mm. Peduncles 3–8(–15) mm. Phyllaries drying dark gray-green. Ray laminae elliptic to ovate, 2.5–3.5 × 1.3–2 mm. Disc corollas 3–4 mm. Cypselae 1.5–2.5 mm; pappi 2.5–3.5 mm. 2n = 36.

Flowering sporadically year round following rains. Gypseous soils; 200–1000 m; Colo., Kans., N.Mex., Okla., Tex.; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León).

Variety texana may be no longer present in Colorado and/or Kansas.