General:
Perennial herb from a slender branching stem-base; stems leafless, simple, loosely woolly long-hairy, the hairs tangled, especially upwards, 2-5 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves oblanceolate, 0.5-3 cm long, 1-5 mm wide, sometimes 3-toothed at the tips, loosely woolly long-hairy to soft-hairy, the margins often reddish; stem leaves lacking.

Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, solitary, the disks 12-23 mm wide; involucres 9-13 mm tall; involucral bracts moderately to copiously woolly-hairy; ray flowers 30-100, white or sometimes blue to pink, 8-11 mm long, 1.4-2.0 mm wide; disk flowers 4.5-6.5 mm long.

Fruits:
Achenes 2-nerved, nearly glabrous or finely stiff-hairy; pappus double, the inner of 15-35 slender, white, often twisted bristles, the outer of a few very slender, inconspicuous scales. vol1_5

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia