General: Perennial herb from a short stem-base and a cluster of fleshy-fibrous roots; stems erect, clustered, 20-60 cm tall.
Leaves: Basal leaves simple or 3-parted, long-stalked with heart-shaped, saw-toothed blades, the blades 2.5-10 cm long, 1.5-8 cm wide; stem leaves fewer, sharply toothed, shorter-stalked.
Flowers: Inflorescence of compound umbels; flowers bright yellow; involucels absent.
Fruits: Oblong to broadly elliptic, 2-4 mm long, glabrous; ribs prominent, somewhat flattened.
Moist to wet sites in the steppe and montane zones; locally frequent in the Peace River area of NE BC, rare southward along the Rocky Mountains; N to YT, E to PQ and S to AL, GA, MO, CO and NV.
