E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

General:
Perennial herb from a creeping rhizome or with a well-developed woody stem-base; stems erect, solitary to few, simple, glabrous or soft-hairy, 5-16 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves linear to narrowly oblong, long-hairy on the margins, entire, 0.5-3.5 cm long, 1-2 mm wide; stem leaves single or few, linear, entire, reduced, often with brownish-translucent margins near the tip.

Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, solitary with woolly-hairy bases; involucres 4-7 mm tall; involucral bracts oblong, the centers greenish, the broad brown margins papery, glabrous or long-hairy; ray flowers white, 8-15 mm long; disk flowers yellow.

Fruits:
Achenes nearly cylindric, usually 5-ribbed; pappus lacking.