Outer phyllaries: chartaceous bases ovate to oblong, 2-4(-6) mm, herbaceous tips ± spreading to erect, attenuate to linear or filiform, 15-30+ mm, margins ± hispid (ciliate), faces glabrous or minutely gland-dotted.

Flowering late May-Aug. Desert sands, including dunes, washes, juniper woodlands; 1500-1800 m; Ariz., N.Mex., Utah.