This leafy plant 12–40-inches tall has a single stem with multiple branches tipped with showy, yellow flower heads. The lower alternate leaves are deeply cut into oval (not narrow) lobes. Flora Neomexicana IIIa Field Keys (Allred 2012) uses the name Amauriopsis pedata for this species, but Flora of North America (2006), SEINet, and ITIS use the name Bahia pedata.

FLOWERS: May-November. Yellow with 10–15 petal-like ray flowers each to 3/8 inch (10 mm) long, tipped with 2–3 points; yellow disk to 1/2 inch (12 mm) diameter.

LEAVES: Alternate, crowded near base. Blades generally with 3 segments, each with 3 deeply cut, rounded lobes; terminal lobe oval to oblong; surfaces sparsely hairy, gland dotted.

HABITAT: Sandy, gravelly soils, roadsides; desert grasslands and scrub, pinyon-juniper woodlands.

ELEVATION: 3,000-6,500 feet.

RANGE: NM, TX.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Ragleaf Bahia, Amauriopsis dissecta, has alternate leaves divided into narrow, linear segments; Sageleaf Bahia, Bahia absinthifolia, has opposite, lance-shaped, densely hairy basal leaves with 3 pointed lobes, and is perennial

NM COUNTIES: Eastern 2/3 NM (absent western and northern border counties) in low- to mid-elevation arid habitats.