Blennospora drummondii

Simple, erect or ascending-branched herbs 1–10 cm high, branches cottony. Leaves c. linear, subterete to terete, sometimes slightly succulent, 5–25 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, cottony, the upper often overtopping the inflorescence. Compound heads ellipsoid or ovoid or broadly so, 6–15 mm long, 4–13 mm diam., with 2–30 capitula; capitular bracts 8–10, obovate or elliptic or ovate to lanceolate, 1.7–4 mm long; florets 1–3 per capitulum; corolla-lobes purplish-black. Cypselas c. obovoid, 1.1–1.4 mm long, 0.8–1.1 mm diam.; pappus bristles 7 or 8, one-third to as long as corolla-tube. Flowers Sep.–Nov.