Dyssodia papposa (Vent.) Hitchc.

Much branched, malodorous annual 1–4 dm, puberulent or subglabrous; lvs 2–4 cm, pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, the ultimate segments linear or filiform; heads numerous, campanulate, the disk 4–10 mm wide; invol 6–8 mm, the outer bracts linear, subherbaceous, 2/3 as long as the broader and more chartaceous inner, which are weakly joined at base; rays few, inconspicuous, erect, orange-yellow, 1–2 mm; receptacle pitted, slightly convex; style-branches truncate; pappus scales ca 20, deeply divided into 5–10 bristles; 2n=26. Dry open places, often weedy; w. U.S. to s. Mex. and intr. e. to N.H. and Tenn. July–Oct. (Boebera p.)

It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows between 1,000-3,000 m above sea level.

The seeds are dried and ground into flour.