Fringed spineflower

Plants 1-3(-3.5) × 1-2.5 dm. Leaf blades elliptic to obovate or spatulate, 1-3.5 × 0.2-1(-2.5) cm. Perianths 6-7(-8) mm; tepals fimbriate apically with distal segments linear to lanceolate, distinctly broader than lateral segments. 2n = 40, 44.

Flowering Mar-Jul. Sandy to gravelly or rocky places, mixed grassland and chaparral communities, pine-oak woodlands; 30-1700 m; Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).

Variety fimbriata is found from eastern Orange and western Riverside counties southward through San Diego County into Baja California.