Kuhnia chlorolepis Wooton & Standley, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 177. 1913; Brickellia rosmarinifolia (Ventenat) W. A. Weber subsp. chlorolepis (Wooton & Standley) W. A. Weber; K. eupatorioides Linnaeus var. chlorolepis (Wooton & Standley) Cronquist

Plants 30–150 cm. Leaves opposite; petioles 0–1 mm; blades 1-nerved from bases, lance-linear to linear, 5–90 × 1.5–9 mm, margins entire. Heads in paniculiform arrays. Peduncles 10–100 mm. Involucres 8–13 mm. Phyllaries greenish, sometimes purple-tinged (apices obtuse to acuminate). Florets 16–30; corollas pale yellow-green to pinkish lavender, 4.7–8 mm. Cypselae 4–5 mm. 2n = 18.

Flowering May–Oct. Open areas, wide range of soils; 400–1400 m; Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Tex., Utah; Mexico.