Biennials or perennials, 30-60 cm (monocarpic; sometimes with sparingly branched, woody caudices). Stems 1(-5), green through­out or sometimes purple-red-tinted proximally, branched distally, usually densely sericeous. Leaves: blades simple or lobed (lobes 3), usually densely sericeous, gland-dotted; mid leaves simple or lobed (lobes 3, terminal lobes 1.8-3.5 mm wide). Heads 10-85+ per plant, in paniculiform to corymbiform arrays. Peduncles 3-9 cm, usually densely sericeous. Involucres hemispheric to campanulate, 8-10 × 10-13 mm. Phyllaries in 2 series, unequal; outer 10-14(-18), basally connate ¹/4-¹/2 their lengths, lanceolate, obovate, or ovate 5-7 mm, apices acuminate to acute; inner phyllaries 13-16(-22), obovate, 4-5 mm, apices mucronate. Ray florets 10-16; corollas yellow, 10-15 × 4.5-6.5 mm. Disc florets 50-100+; corollas 3.5-4 mm. Cypselae narrowly obpyramidal, 2.1-3 mm; pappi of 5(-6) obovate, aristate scales 2.5-3 mm. 2n = 30. Flowering (Jun-)Jul-Aug(-Sep). Roadsides, open areas, edges of forests; 2100-2800 m; Ariz., Utah. Hymenoxys subintegra grows mainly on the Kaibab Plateau north of the Grand Canyon in Arizona and in western Kane County, Utah.