Mojave or bristly desertstar

Eremiastrum bellioides A. Gray, Pl. Nov. Thurb., 321. 1854

Stems often prominently reddish purple. Phyllary margins proximally with sharply delimited, white-scarious portions, lacerate-ciliate at base. Disc floret corollas glabrous or nearly so. Pappi outer crowns of paleae or narrow squamellae 0.5–1 mm plus inner of 8–15 barbellate bristles, length ¹ / 2 – ¹ / 3 disc corollas. 2n = 16.

Flowering Jan–May. Sandy or gravelly flats or washes, dunes; 100–900 m; Ariz., Calif., Nev.; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora).