Malacothrix glabrata, commonly known as the smooth desert dandelion or desert dandelion, is an annual plant with yellow flowers that appears in western North America.

Like other members of its genus, Malacothrix glabrata has a milky sap and daisy-like flower heads.

[1] The fragrant flower heads are 2.5 to 6.5 cm (1 to 2+1⁄2 in) wide,[1] composed of smaller yellow to white strap-like flowers called "ligules".

[2] The species is native to the western United States, excluding much of the Pacific Northwest, and into northern Mexico.

It is common to the southwestern deserts of North America.