E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

General:
Annual or biennial herb from a fibrous root; stems usually much branched from near the base, glandular-hairy, 3-25 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves mostly lacking; stem leaves alternate, entire, linear to linear-oblanceolate, closely white or greyish woolly-hairy, unstalked, 0.8-5 cm long, 1-4 mm wide.

Flowers:
Heads disciform, in large, leafy-bracted, usually terminal clusters, densely woolly-hairy at the base; involucres 2-3 mm tall; involucral bracts egg-shaped to lanceolate or lance-linear; discoloured, greenish or brownish.

Fruits:
Achenes nerveless, glabrous or with nipple-like projections; pappus bristles distinct and falling separately.