Brickellia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia

General:
Perennial herb or subshrub; stems numerous, branched above, glandular-hairy, 10-60 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves alternate, shortly stalked or unstalked, entire or nearly so, lance-linear to oblong or elliptic-oblong, glandular-hairy, 1-4 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm wide.

Flowers:
Heads discoid, solitary to many at the ends of branches or in an open inflorescence; involucres 10-20 mm tall; involucral bracts graduated, lanceolate to linear, with green and white stripes, the tips abruptly sharp-pointed to long pointed; discoid; disk flowers 35-50, white or yellowish.

Fruits:
Achenes 10-ribbed, glandular to glandular-hairy, 4-6 mm long; pappus of numerous white bristles.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia