General: Stout perennial herb from a taproot; stems 20-60 cm tall, leafy, with fibrous remains of leaf sheaths at the base.
Leaves: Compound, mostly basal, divided into distinct toothed leaflets up to 3 cm long; stem leaves reduced, only 1 or 2.
Flowers: Inflorescence in small, compound umbels with 7-14 small compact heads; flowers white; spokes of terminal umbels 15 or less; involucral bracts lacking.
Fruits: Oblong to elliptic, 4-6 mm long, glabrous, with narrowly winged ribs.
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Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range. (Updated August, 2013)
Wet to moist boggy or rocky slopes and meadows from the lowland to alpine zones; locally frequent on the Queen Charlotte Islands, infrequent on N Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland (near-shore islands); N to SE AK.
