Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name rayless goldenhead.

[4] This shrub or subshrub produces an upright, branching stem with shreddy whitish or gray bark.

The gray-green leaves are linear or lance-shaped and are arranged alternately, sometimes growing in small clusters.

It is a member of several plant communities in pinyon-juniper woodlands, mesquite, creosote, and grassy shrubsteppe.

It may be associated with catclaw acacia (Acacia greggii), California juniper (Juniperus californica), scrub oak (Quercus turbinella), Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia), California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum), golden cholla (Opuntia echinocarpa), and Mojave yucca (Y.