General:
Perennial herb from a woody stem-base; stems erect, branched above, hairy, 0.3-1.7 m tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves oblanceolate, stalked, palmately 3- to 5-pinnately cut, ultimate segments elliptic and toothed, 5-10 cm long; stem leaves lanceolate or egg-shaped, hairy, more or less stalked.

Flowers:
Heads discoid, in dense, terminal round-topped clusters; involucres cylindric to bell-shaped, 6-8 mm tall; involucral bracts graduated, outer ones much shorter than the inner, purple-tipped; disk flowers 5-6, reddish-mauve or whitish.

Fruits:
Achenes blackish, 5-angled, glandular-dotted; pappus of numerous, hairlike bristles.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia