Haploësthes fruticosa Haploesthes fruticosa is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

It grows in northeastern Mexico (Coahuila and Nuevo León).

[1][2][3] The genus name is sometimes spelled Haploësthes, with two dots over the first e to indicate that the o and the e are to be pronounced in separate syllables.

[4] Haploesthes fruticosa is a woody shrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall.

It is very similar to H. greggii except for its woody habit and a few differences in the shape of the involucral bracts covering the lower parts of the flower heads.