Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California.

Habitat: Moist woods and meadows, from sea level to 5000 feet in the mountains.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Ants, bees, flies, butterflies, beetles, wasps

Perennial herbs from slender, creeping rhizomes, the stems arising singly, erect, 1-4 dm. tall, glabrous.

Leaves in 5-8 whorls of 4, with coarse, firm hairs on the margins and 3 main veins, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 1.5-5 cm. long and 1/3 to 2/3 as wide.

Inflorescence of several peduncles from the axils of terminal and often sub-terminal whorls of leaves, with many flowers; calyx obsolete; corolla rotate, white, about 3 mm. wide, the 4 lobes much longer than the tube, pointed; ovary 2-celled, inferior.

Fruit dry, 2 mm. high, with numerous well-developed, hooked bristles