Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.

Habitat: Forest openings, meadows, fields, roadsides, wastelots, and other disturbed open areas from low to middle elevations.

Flowers: June-October

Origin: Introduced from Europe

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies, beetles, wasps

Tap-rooted, branched perennial, 3-15 dm. tall.

Leaves simple, pinnatifid, with narrow lobes, or the reduced ones of the inflorescence entire, often with glands in small pits.

Heads terminating the numerous branches; involucre 10-13 mm high, the middle and outer bracts with short, dark, comb-like tips; flowers usually pink-purple; pappus bristles up to 2 m. long; receptacle densely bristly.

Achene.