Basal leaf blades narrowly oblanceolate, 2-4 cm. Cauline leaves markedly reduced, intergrading with bracts; blade margins entire or eglandular-toothed. Inflorescences: basal-most bract margins entire or eglandular-toothed. Petals white with pink veins; 5-8(-10) mm.

Flowering late spring-summer. Rocky slopes and crevices; 1600-2700 m; Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.

Both B. L. Davidson (2000) and B. Mathew (1989b) questioned whether the Montana plants should be classified as var. wallowensis or var. columbiana.