Distribution: Known only from Skamania County in Washington; Skamania County, WA to Clackamas and Multnomah counties in Oregon.

Habitat: Moist, rocky places in the lowlands.

Flowers: April-June

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Threatened in Washington (WANHP)

Pollination: Bees, butterflies, flies, apomixis?

Rhizomatous perennial, the stems 2-5 dm. tall, with a few woolly hairs under the heads.

Leaves alternate, thin, glabrous, the lower ones with an ellipitical blade 2-8 cm. long and 1.5-4.5 cm. wide, abruptly contracted to the 2-12 cm. petiole; middle cauline leaves ovate to cordate, strongly clasping at the base; upper leaves similar but smaller.

Heads solitary; disk 12-20 mm. wide; involucre bracts loose, equal, glandular, somewhat herbaceous; rays 30-50, white, 13-25 mm. long and 2-4 mm. wide; disk corollas yellow, 4-5 mm. long, the lobes flaring; pappus simple, of 20-30 capillary bristles.

Achenes asymmetrically 5-nerved.