E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

General:
Annual herb from a fibrous root; stems erect, branched above, greyish to green, cobwebby, 10-35 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves alternate, entire, oblanceolate, abruptly pointed at the tip, 5-10 cm long, 1-4 mm wide, greyish-green.

Flowers:
Heads disciform, terminal in a dense globose cluster, additional globose clusters in the leaf axils on upper branches; involucres about 5 mm tall; involucral bracts boat-shaped, subtending outermost flowers, woolly throughout; inner flowers 2-5, appearing perfect but often sterile, bractless.

Fruits:
Achenes 0.7-1 mm, ellipsoid, compressed side-to-side, finely hairy; pappus of white, hairlike bristles.