Golden Weed (Haplopappus engelmannii).
This is an obligate selenium accumulator that is a perennial subshrub with a woody root stock. The stems are from 4 to 12 inches (10 to 30 cm) tall, with brown bark below, and are hairless. The leaves are 1 to 3 inches (3 to 7 cm) long and less than 1/8 inch (1 to 3 mm) wide, narrowly linear, rigidly erect, and glabrous. The heads range from one to several per stem. The flowers are few to many, with bracts in three or more lengths. The disk flowers are yellowish, and the pappus is brown. There are no ray flowers.
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