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General:
Perennial herb from a rhizome; stems erect, solitary, few-branched above; nearly glabrous to sparingly long-hairy below, becoming densely long-hairy above, 15-35 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves thick, oblanceolate to elliptic, stalked, 2-10 cm long including the stalk, 0.4-1.5 cm wide, sometimes toothed, glabrous to moderately or densely woolly-hairy; stem leaves similar, becoming linear, much reduced upwards, becoming unstalked.
Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, few in a clustered inflorescence, on stalks moderately to densely woolly-hairy with yellowish multicellular hairs; involucres 6-12 mm tall; involucral bracts lance-oblong to linear, purplish throughout, moderately to densely long-hairy, margins translucent; bracteoles few, inconspicuous; ray flowers yellow, mostly 5-12 mm long, often inconspicuous or sometimes lacking; disk flowers yellow.
Fruits:
Achenes oblong, nerved, glabrous; pappus of white hairlike bristles. vol1_6
Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
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