Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.

Habitat: Rocky soil in seeps or springs, cliffs, or riverbanks, from middle elevations to the alpine.

Flowers: July-September

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Apomixis, bumblebees, butterflies

Densely tufted perennial, often in large patches, from a short rhizome; many sterile, leafy stems; flowering stems leafy, 3-6 dm. high.

Leaves opposite, 5-7 pairs, the lower sheathing, with reduced blade; other leaves nearly sessile, only slightly reduced upward, lanceolate or lance-elliptic with a pointed tip, entire, 5-12 cm. long and 1-2 cm. wide; no basal leaves.

Heads several to many; involucre 7-10 mm. high, the bracts sharply pointed; rays 8-13, yellow, pistillate, 1-2 cm. long; disk flowers yellow; pappus tawny, barbellate.

Achenes glandular and hairy or sub-glabrous.