Deane’s wirelettuce

Stephanomeria exigua var. deanei J. F. Macbride, Contr. Gray Herb. 53: 22. 1918

Heads borne in small pani-culiform arrays along branches. Peduncles 10–40 mm, densely glandular . Calyculi of appressed bractlets. Involucres densely glandular. Florets 7–9. Cypselae light to dark tan, 2.1–2.4 mm, faces tuberculate, grooved; pappi of 9–14, white to light tan bristles (bases persistent, connate in groups of 2–4, plumose on distal 55–60%. 2n = 16.

Flowering Jun–Oct. Sandy fields and chaparral; 0–1700 m; Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).