Leaf blades 1-4 cm wide, surfaces glabrous or copiously pubes-cent and ± glandular. Bracts ± flabellate, margins lobed or prominently toothed, apex truncate to broadly rounded. Flowers: sepals pubescent and stipitate-glandular; ovary glabrous or hairy. 2n = 16.

Flowering Apr-Aug. Open forests, dry shrublands, rocky slopes, cliffs; 100-4000 m; Alta., B.C.; Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., N.Dak., Okla., Oreg., S.Dak., Utah, Wash., Wyo.