Stems hirsute. Flowers: receptacle hemispheric to spheric; sepals reflexed 1-3 mm above base, pubescence of spreading hairs; petals 7-13 mm. Achenes: beak 1.2-1.6 mm.

Flowering spring-summer (May-Aug). Wet meadows; 1500-2400 m; Idaho, Mont., Utah, Wyo.