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

Habitat: Roadsides and other waste places.

Flowers: August-September

Origin: Introduced from Asia

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies, beetles, wasps

Coarse, fragrant perennial, the stem 5-12 dm. tall, glabrous below but with appressed, aligned hairs above.

Basal leaves elliptic or broadly oblanceolate with rounded teeth, the blade 10-25 cm. long and 2.5-8 cm. wide, with a petiole of similar length; cauline leaves smaller and sessile; leaves silky when young, becoming glabrate.

Basal leaves elliptic or broadly oblanceolate with rounded teeth, the blade 10-25 cm. long and 2.5-8 cm. wide, with a petiole of similar length; cauline leaves smaller and sessile; leaves silky when young, becoming glabrate.

Achenes sub-terete, 10-ribbed.