Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest along the border in north-central Washington; Alaska south to Washington, east to Manitoba.

Habitat: Sagebrush plains to mountain ridges.

Flowers: June-August

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, flies, butterflies, beetles, moths, wasps

Perennial from a branched crown, the 1-several flowering stems 2-5 dm. tall, decumbent to erect, pubescent and often woolly.

Leaves pinnate, strongly pubescent, greenish above but nearly white below; leaflets 5-9, the lower ones often reduced, the upper 3 the largest, oblong to oblanceolate-obovate, 1.5-3 cm. long, lobed 1/2-4/5 the way to the midrib into linear segments; stipules cleft.

Inflorescence of several-flowered, bracteate, narrow cymes, the bracts much reduced upward; calyx grayish-woolly and somewhat glandular, the 5 lobes triangular-lanceolate, 5 mm. long, about equal to the 5 bracteoles and yellow petals; stamens 20; pistils numerous; style subapical, 1 mm. long, thickened at the base, tapered to the tip.

Achene smooth, 1 mm. long.