Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in the mountainous areas in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.

Habitat: Dry, rocky slopes and meadows, from the subalpine to alpine.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Apomixis, bumblebees, butterflies

Perennial from a scaly caudex, the several slender stems 1-3 dm. high.

Broad, long-petiolate basal leaves sometimes on short separate stalks; cauline leaves 2-4 pairs, lance-elliptic or broader, rarely cordate, more or less toothed, 1.5-8 cm. long and 1-2.5 cm. wide, the middle ones larger than the lower.

Heads usually 3-9, small and narrow; involucre 7-13 mm. high, more or less glandular; rays and disk flowers yellow; pappus white, barbellate.

Achenes glabrous, at least toward the base