Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Montana and Utah.

Habitat: Rocky places from middle elevations to the subalpine and alpine.

Flowers: July-September

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Apomixis, bumblebees, butterflies

Perennial from a freely rooting rhizome, the stems solitary or tufted, 1.5-4 dm. tall.

Cauline leaves 3-4 pairs, mostly sessile, ovate to deltoid or elliptic, irregularly toothed, the middle ones the largest, with blades 4-8 cm. long and 2-6 cm. wide.

Heads generally several, narrow, with few disk flowers; involucre 10-14 mm. high with pointed bracts, covered with stalked glands; rays about 8 or about 13, 1.5-2 cm. long; pappus straw-colored, sub-plumose.

Achene.