Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to southern Washington, east to the Rocky Mountains and Nevada..

Habitat: Open areas from low to moderate elevations, including the subalpine.

Flowers: May-July

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, flies, butterflies, beetles, wasps

Pubescent perennial, the stems 4-5 dm. tall, simple, not hollow.

Basal leaves numerous, their petioles 3-6 times as long as the blades; cauline leaves with petioles much reduced upward, often shorter than the blades; leaflets 9-11, narrow, linear-oblanceolate, usually abruptly acuminate, 2-4 cm. long and 2-6 mm. wide, grayish to yellowish on both sides.

Inflorescence of racemes borne well above the leaves, 1-5-2.5 cm. long, many-flowered; pedicles 5-10 mm. long; flowers 11-16 mm. long, deep violet or purple, the banner often reddish, yellowish, or with a white center; calyx stiff-hairy to silky, the upper lip shallowly bi-dentate; banner glabrous, well reflexed; wings glabrous; keel with marginal hairs.

Pods hairy, 2.5-4 cm. long.