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

General:
Perennial herb from a branching, rhizome-like woody stem-base; stems ascending, several, branched above, 9-30 cm tall, woolly-hairy at first becoming almost glabrous at flowering time.

Leaves:
Basal and lower stem leaves narrowly oblanceolate to broadly elliptic or rounded, stalked, 4-20 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, toothed, woolly-hairy at first becoming almost glabrous at flowering time; stem leaves well-developed but reduced upwards, becoming unstalked.

Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, several, nodding in a rounded inflorescence; involucres 7-12 mm tall; involucral bracts lanceolate, long-hairy and often purplish or blackish at the tips; bracteoles few, usually purplish-tipped; ray flowers yellow, 8-16 mm long; disk flowers yellow.

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