General: Perennial herb from a woody rhizome; stems erect, usually solitary, glabrous to sparsely hairy, 0.4-1.0 m tall.
Leaves: Basal leaves long, stalked, the blades 3-20 cm long, 3-25 cm wide, palmately cleft, the segments again toothed or lobed, green above, thinly hairy below; stem leaves similar, strongly reduced.
Flowers: Heads discoid, several in an elongate to rounded inflorescence, the stalks of the heads moderately to densely woolly-hairy; involucres 10-17 mm tall; involucral bracts lanceolate to oblanceolate, with long-pointed tips, sparsely to densely woolly-hairy, margins broadly translucent; discoid; disk flowers numerous, yellow.
Fruits: Achenes glabrous; pappus of white hairlike bristles.
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The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range. (Updated August, 2013)
Mesic to dry rocky slopes, meadows and forest margins in the montane and subalpine zones; rare in SW BC, known only from Manning Provincial Park; S to S OR.
