Sphaeromeria capitata

Perennials, 5-20 cm (cespitose, bases sometimes woody). Stems erect, ± tomentose. Leaves mostly basal; blades (± cuneate, 8-20 mm) usually 1-2-pinnati-palmately lobed (ultimate lobes ± linear), faces ± tomentose. Heads usually 8-20 in tight, capitate arrays (1-1.3 cm across), sometimes with solitary heads proximal to main arrays. Involucres (2-)3-4 mm. Phyllaries 5-8, tomentose. Receptacles glabrous. Cypselae 1-2 mm (3-5-ribbed, apices with thickened rims, faces glabrous or sparsely gland-dotted).

Flowering May-Jul. Dry, rocky hills; 1500-2400 m; Colo., Mont., Utah, Wyo.