General:
Perennial herb from a creeping rhizome or sometimes a woody stem-base; stems erect, solitary to few, branched above, glabrous or sparingly hairy in the inflorescence, 20-90 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves oblanceolate, stalked, 5-30 cm long, 0.5-3 cm wide, essentially glabrous, 3-nerved, entire or remotely toothed; stem leaves similar, alternate, becoming linear, entire, unstalked and much reduced upwards.

Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, numerous in a dense oblong to rounded inflorescence; involucres 3-5 mm tall; involucral bracts linear-oblong to broadly lanceolate, midvein prominent, hairy towards the tip; ray flowers 7-13; disk flowers yellow.

Fruits:
Achenes short-hairy; pappus of numerous white hairlike bristles.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Flower Colour:
Yellow

Blooming Period:
Late Summer

Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Summer to Fall

Source:  The USDA