Dicoria brandegeei A. Gray; D. canescens subsp. brandegeei (A. Gray) Cronquist; D. canescens var. brandegeei (A. Gray) Cronquist; D. canescens subsp. clarkiae (P. B. Kennedy) D. D. Keck; D. canescens subsp. hispidula (Rydberg) D. D. Keck; D. canescens var. hispidula (Rydberg) Cronquist; D. canescens var. witherillii (Eastwood) Cronquist; D. clarkiae P. B. Kennedy; D. paniculata Eastwood

Leaves: petioles 5–20+ mm; blades mostly 10–30(–120) × 3–20(–30+) mm. Peduncles 1–3+ mm. Involucres 2–3+ mm. Phyllaries: outer ± lanceolate, ± herbaceous, sericeous to strigillose, inner ultimately obovate to ± orbiculate, usually ± cucullate, scarious to membranous, usually glandular-pubescent, each ± investing a cypsela. Paleae 1.8–2+ mm. Functionally staminate florets: corollas 2.5–3 mm. Cypselae 3–8+ mm. 2n = 36.

Flowering year round, mostly Oct–Feb. Alkaline soils, desert washes, flats; -20–1700 m; Ariz., Calif., Colo., Nev., N.Mex., Utah; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora).