Plants glandular or eglandular, not canescent. Basal leaves: lateral lobes (3-)5-9 pairs, margins usually coarsely dentate to incised, rarely crenate or pinnatifid. Cauline leaves: lobes oblong to lanceolate, margins dentate to denticulate. Racemes glandular or eglandular. Fruiting pedicels ascending to divaricate, (3-)5-10(-12) mm. Fruits straight or curved inward. 2n = 14.

Flowering late Jun-Aug. Alpine, stream banks, disturbed sites, roadsides, meadows, sagebrush and juniper communities, open woods, rocky cliffs, sandy areas, talus slopes; 900-2900 m; Alta., B.C., Yukon; Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila).