General:
Aromatic biennial or short-lived perennial herb from a short rhizome; stems erect, simple, few branched above; stiff-hairy below, glandular above, 20-70 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves alternate and reduced upwards, opposite and linear to oblong, coarsely, straight appressed-hairy, 3-10 cm long, 4-11 mm wide near the base.

Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, few, terminal at ends of branches in a loose inflorescence; involucres globose to urn-shaped, 4-6 mm tall; involucral bracts linear, rounded on the back, 3-5, glandular; ray flowers yellow, 8-15, 2-3 mm long; disk flowers 10-30, fertile.

Fruits:
Ray achenes 5-nerved, 1/2-mooned, flattened, 3-5.5 mm long, sometimes beaked, disk achenes undeveloped, hairy, 3-4 mm long; ray pappus lacking or vestigial, disk pappus of 5-8 more or less lanceolate, separate or somewhat united, unequal scales.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Madia madioides (Nutt.) Greene