Hulsea californica Torrey & A. Gray var. inyoensis D. D. Keck, Aliso 4: 101. 1958; H. inyoensis (D. D. Keck) Munz

Plants 30–70 cm. Leaves: proximal blades 5–9 cm, margins dentate to lobed, faces densely lanate to woolly; cauline leaves (on proximal ¹/2 of stems) lanceolate. Heads 1(–2). Involucres obconic to hemispheric, 10–20 mm diam. Phyllaries obovate to oblong-lanceolate, 10–12 mm, apices acuminate. Ray florets 18–32; laminae usually yellow, rarely red-tinged, 12–18 mm. Disc corollas yellow. Cypselae 6–8 mm; pappus scales subequal, 1–2 mm. 2n = 38.

Flowering late spring–summer. Rocky slopes, talus, and flats, desert shrublands and conifer woodlands, on volcanic or metamorphic substrates; of conservation concern; 1700–3000 m; Calif., Nev.

Subspecies inyoensis grows in the desert mountains of Inyo County and on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada of Mono County, California, and in Nye County, Nevada.