Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northeastern Washington; Alaska to Washington, east across Canada and the northern U.S. to the Atlantic Coast.

Habitat: Cold bogs.

Flowers: July-September

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Threatened in Washington (WANHP)

Pollination: Bees, flies, butterflies

Slender perennial from slim, creeping rhizomes, the stem 1.5-8 dm. tall, glabrous below, becoming puberulent in lines upward.

Leaves linear, 2-5 mm. wide, slightly clasping, entire, the lowermost reduced and early-deciduous.

Inflorescence short and broad, the heads few, small, the disk 7-13 mm. wide; involucre 5-7 mm. high, glabrous, its slender, pointed bracts somewhat imbricate, often with purple tips and margins; disk flowers yellow; rays 20-50, white or pale bluish, 7-15 mm. long; pappus of numerous capillary bristles.

Fruit an achene.