General:
Perennial herb from an erect to ascending rhizome; stems erect or ascending, solitary, simple or branched, glabrous below, woolly-hairy above, 5-90 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves usually smaller than the stem leaves, deciduous by flowering time; stem leaves thick, spoon-shaped to oblanceolate, egg-shaped or oblong, broadly stalked to unstalked, 2-25 cm long, 1-10 cm wide, toothed, sparsely to moderately woolly-hairy above and below or nearly glabrous above, not much reduced upwards except in the inflorescence.

Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, up to 4.5 cm across, solitary to several on glabrous to woolly-hairy stalks in a compact inflorescence; involucres 10-25 mm tall; involucral bracts lance-oblong to more linear, green or purplish, margins translucent, sparsely to moderately woolly-hairy; bracteoles numerous, equal to or longer than the involucral bracts; ray flowers yellow, mostly 10-25 mm long; disk flowers yellow.

Fruits:
Achenes oblong, faintly nerved, glabrous; pappus of white hairlike bristles.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia