General:
Annual herb from a short taproot; stems prostrate and matted, much-branched, rarely erect and simple in dwarfed forms, woolly-hairy, 8-20 cm long.

Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves opposite, lance-linear, lance-oblong or lance-triangular, whitish woolly-hairy, 4-15 mm long, 1.5 mm wide.

Flowers:
Heads disciform, usually solitary in leaf axils or at tips of branches; involucres lacking; receptacular bracts hooded and balloonlike, 2.5-4.0 mm long at maturity; female flowers mostly 50-80, rarely as few as 20 in dwarfed forms.

Fruits:
Achenes nerveless, more or less cylindric, glabrous, tipped with a small, offset style, 1.0-2.0 mm long; pappus lacking.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Psilocarphus oreganus var. brevissimus