Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.

Habitat: Sagebrush desert flats and slopes, ponderosa pine forest openings, and meadows near the subalpine.

Flowers: May-September

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Biennial, Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies, beetles, wasps

Biennial or perennial tap-rooted herb, 1-6 dm. tall, loosely white-woolly throughout.

Leaves 2-12 cm. long, 1-3 times pinnatifid, the somewhat thick segments curled, the upper leaves less dissected than the tufted lower ones.

Heads several in a flat-topped inflorescence, rayless; involucre 7-16 mm. high, glandular, the bracts narrow and sub-equal; flowers white to pink; pappus of 10-16 hyaline scales; receptacle naked.