Brickellia arguta B. L. Robinson, Mem. Gray Herb. 1: 102, fig. 79. 1917

Leaf blades ovate, 10–20 × 5–15 mm, margins dentate-serrate, faces strigose, often glandular-puberulent as well. Involucres 10–15 mm. Phyllaries: outer 6–10-striate, lance-ovate to lance-linear (often stipitate-glandular), margins ± entire, inner linear (± chartaceous). Florets 40–55; corollas cream, often purple-tinged. 2n = 18.

Flowering Apr–Jun. Desert mountain slopes, washes; 100–1500 m; Ariz., Calif., Nev.; Mexico (Baja California).