Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and Great Lakes region.

Habitat: Dry, often alkaline places, in the valleys, plains and foothills.

Flowers: May-September

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies, beetles, wasps

Perennial from creeping rhizomes, 1.5-6 dm. tall, aromatic.

Leaves nearly sessile, oblong or obovate to broadly linear, entire, 1-5 cm. long

Heads numerous, on short axillary peduncles, nodding; involucre 2-4 mm. high, it 4-6 bracts attached to each other at the base; corollas all tubular, the pistillate few, greenish, 1 mm. long; staminate flowers greenish, with undivided style, the filaments attached to each other; receptacle small, chaffy throughout; pappus none.

Achenes compressed parallel to the involucral bracts.