General:
Perennial herb from a short, poorly developed taproot; stems erect, mostly solitary, branched above, 0.3-1.2 m tall, glabrous.

Leaves:
Basal leaves soon deciduous; stem leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, stalked, 4-15 cm long including the stalk, 1-4 cm wide, coarsely deeply-toothed to deeply pinnately cut, glabrous or nearly so; stem leaves reduced and becoming unstalked upwards.

Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, several to numerous in a flat-topped to rounded inflorescence; involucres 7-9 mm tall; involucral bracts lanceolate with long-pointed tips, inconspicuously black-tipped; bracteoles few, inconspicuously black-tipped; ray flowers yellow, mostly 6-10 mm long; disk flowers yellow.

Fruits:
Achenes oblong, ribbed, 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

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Senecio eremophilus subsp. eremophilus Rich.
Senecio glaucifolius Rydb.