Chrysothamnus affinis A. Nelson, Bot. Gaz. 28: 374. 1900; C. parryi (A. Gray) Greene subsp. affinis (A. Nelson) L. C. Anderson; C. parryi var. affinis (A. Nelson) Cronquist

Plants 15–60 cm . Leaves crowded, greenish yellow; blades 1-nerved, linear, 25–40 × 1–3 mm, faces tomentulose, eglandular; distalmost shorter than arrays. Heads 5–10+ in racemiform arrays. Involucres 10.5–13 mm. Phyllaries 12–15, outer herbaceous or herbaceous-tipped, otherwise chartaceous, apices erect (tan or greenish), attenuate. Florets 5–8; corollas pale yellow, 8–9.1 mm, tubes glabrous or puberulent, throats abruptly dilated, lobes 0.7–1 mm.

Flowering late summer–fall. Mountain slopes, clay or gravelly soils; of conservation concern; 1600–2500 m; Ariz., N.Mex., Utah.