Crepis occidentalis Nuttall var. subacaulis Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 5: 50. 1873

Plants 6–30 cm; setae yellowish, usually ± straight, sometimes bent (ca. 1 mm). Stems (stout, branched proximally) setose (setae yellowish). Leaves: petioles setose; blades 10–15 × 3–4 cm (margins pinnately lobed, lobes dentate). Heads 1–6. Involucres 13–21 mm. Phyllaries sparsely setose (setae blackish) or glabrous. Cypselae blackish to brownish or dark reddish, slightly narrowed, not beaked (ribs strong); pappi 9–13 mm.

Flowering May–Jul. Wet meadows, steep slopes; 1800–2100 m; Calif., Mont., Nev., Oreg.