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

General:
Pineapple-scented annual herb from a fibrous root; stems erect, simple, branched, glabrous, 5-45 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves soon deciduous; stem leaves alternate, 1-5 cm long, 10-18 mm wide, 1-3 times divided into short, very narrow segments.

Flowers:
Heads discoid, several to many at the ends of branches; involucres 2.5-3 mm tall; involucral bracts broadly oblong to egg-shaped, with broad, pale margins and a central brownish to greenish area; discoid; disk flowers yellowish-green, 4-toothed, 1.2-1.5 mm long; receptacles narrowly dome-shaped to conic, hollow, 4-6 mm tall.

Fruits:
Achenes with 2 marginal nerves and 1 nerve on the inner face, glabrous; pappus a short, membranous crown.