General:
Perennial herb from a fibrous root; stems erect, simple, woolly-hairy, 10-60 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves soon deciduous; lower leaves linear or narrowly oblanceolate, alternate, entire, woolly-hairy, 2-8 cm long, 2-10 mm wide; upper leaves similar, gradually reduced, often with smaller axillary leaves present.

Flowers:
Heads disciform, numerous in a narrow, spikelike inflorescence; involucres 5-7 mm tall; involucral bracts rounded to obtuse, straw-coloured, often with a conspicuous brown submarginal stripe; margins and tips paler.

Fruits:
Achenes nerveless, sparsely hairy; pappus bristles united at the base.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Gnaphalium sylvaticum L.
Gnaphalium sylvaticum L.