General:
Perennial herb from a woody root and often an unbranched, short stem-base; stems erect, usually solitary, branched above, loosely bristly-hairy at least at the base, becoming glabrous upwards, exuding a milky juice when broken, 0.3-1.2 m tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves oblanceolate, narrowed to a stalk, 4-25 cm long, 1.2-4.5 cm wide, sparsely or moderately bristly-hairy or the upper nearly glabrous, entire or wavy-toothed, persistent and often tufted; stem leaves lacking, or if present few, unstalked and reduced.

Flowers:
Heads with strap-shaped flowers, several or many on slender stalks in a round- to flat-topped inflorescence; involucres 6-11 mm tall; involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, scarcely graduated, greenish or blackish, glabrous or often sparsely glandular with pale or black hairs, sometimes with a few bristly hairs; ray flowers white.

Fruits:
Achenes narrowed at the base, several-ribbed, 2.5-3 mm long; pappus of many white to brownish bristles.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Flower Colour:
White

Blooming Period:
Late Spring

Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present over the Summer

Source:  The USDA

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Chlorocrepis albiflora (Hook.) W.A. Weber
Hieracium helleri Gandog.
Hieracium siskiyouense M. Peck