Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Washington, east to Northwest Territory, Nunavut, Alberta, Idaho, and Montana.

Habitat: Rocky outcroppings, open slopes, and meadows in the subalpine and alpine.

Flowers: July-September

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP)

Pollination: Bees, flies, butterflies

Rhizomatous perennial usually about 1 dm. tall; the stem and lower surfaces of the leaves sparsely to copiously short-hairy.

Leaves firm, entire or with a few short teeth, mostly sessile, 2.5-8 cm. long and 4-25 mm. wide, the lowermost reduced.

Heads solitary, or few in a compact inflorescence; involucre 6-9 mm. high, the bracts imbricate in several series, loose, papery below, green-tipped and purple-margined; rays 12-23, purple, 8-12 mm. long; pappus bristles of various lengths; disk corollas yellow, 5.5-7.6 mm. long, the tube about equal to the slender limb.

Achene