General:
Perennial herb from a short, stout rhizome and long, leafy stolons; stems erect, solitary, with non-glandular, glandular and starlike hairs, exuding milky juice when broken, 25-90 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves well-developed, persistent, oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, entire or minutely toothed, stalked, with non-glandular hairs and sometimes starlike hairs below, 5-25 cm long, 1-3 cm wide; stem leaves 1-3, reduced upwards.

Flowers:
Heads with strap-shaped flowers, dense, few to many; involucres 5-9 mm tall; involucral bracts lanceolate, not graduated, with many non-glandular and glandular and a few starlike hairs; ray flowers yellow.

Fruits:
Achenes 1.5-2 mm long; pappus dirty white.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Hieracium pratense Tausch
Hieracium caespitosum Dumort.