Protologue Description: Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. subsp. stellatum (Benth.) Stokes var. subaridum Stokes, var. nov. A subspecie stellato differt: foliis tennuibus et molibus petiolatis et ovatis; ad subsp. cognatum affine in inflorescentia pauciradiata, radiis lateralibus bracteatis; dentibus involucralibus brevibus, deflexis; a subsp. cognato differt: foliis basi cuneatis et teniter tomentosis.

Type: No. 248450, Herb Calif. Acad. Sci., collected in the juniper belt at 2200 m. alt., Kyle Canyon, Charleston Mts., Clark County, Nevada, by I.W. and C.B. Clokey, No. 7492, July 17, 1937. Other collections made by Mr. Clokey in the Charleston Mts. are: No. 5441 and 5442, Charleston park; No. 5440, Deer Creek, 2700 m.; No. 5452, Lee canyon, 2450 m.; No. 5450, Deer Creek, 2750 m. In the latter the inflorescence is very compund like that of E. umbellatum var. bahiaeforme (T.&G.) Jepson. In No. 5441 and No. 5440 the flowers are yellow, in No. 54452 and No. 5450 the flowers are pale.