Plants 15–40 cm, glabrate or sparsely villous, densely stipitate-glandular. Leaves: basal blades lanceolate, 40–80(–160) × 10–30 mm, margins coarsely toothed to biserrate, faces villous to tomentose. Heads 3–6. Involucres 7–11 × 8–15 mm. Phyllaries loose, subequal, green throughout. 2n = 12.

Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Dry or wet, rocky meadows, forest openings in pine and mixed hardwoods forests
Elevation: 1200–1500 m

Distribution

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Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg.

Discussion

Variety hirta intergrades with var. sonchifolia in the northern part of its range.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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