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General:
Annual herb from a fibrous root; stems branched, spreading-hairy, especially above, 20-70 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves opposite, simple, stalked, egg-shaped to narrowly egg-shaped, coarsely toothed, sparsely stiff-hairy, 3-8.5 cm long (including the stalk), 1-4 cm wide.
Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, numerous in leafy-bracted clusters, the bases spreading-hairy with gland-tipped hairs; involucres 2-3 mm tall; involucral bracts egg-shaped; receptacles conic, covered with narrow, membranous scales; ray flowers white, 1-2 mm long; disk flowers yellow.
Fruits:
Achenes obscurely angled, coarse-hairy, those of the disk flowers compressed; pappus of 9-14 long-pointed, white scales.
Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
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