Distribution: Occurring in the Olympic Mountains in Washington, where endemic.

Habitat: Cliffs and other rocky places in the subalpine and alpine.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP)

Pollination: Bees, butterflies, flies, apomixis?

Perennial from a stout, branched, woody base, 5-15 cm. high, the stem with sparse, spreading hairs.

Leaves mostly basal, spatulate to oblanceolate, up to 5 cm. long and 12 mm. wide, mostly glabrous, with a few hairs on the leaf margins.

Heads solitary, the disk 10-15 mm. wide; involucre 6-8 mm. high, with a few soft hairs, and sometimes sticky; rays 25-50, white, 7-10 mm. long and 1.5-2.5 mm. wide; disk corollas yellow, 3.5-4.5 mm. long; pappus of 15-20 capillary bristles and numerous short, outer bristles.

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