Leaf faces hirsute to hirsuto-villous, less commonly glabrate or glabrous. Peduncles hirsute to hirsuto-villous (hairs sometimes deflexed) to finely hirsutulous. Phyllaries: margins ciliate, abaxial faces moderately to densely hirsute to hirsuto-villous, essentially eglandular. Ray corollas purplish to pink or white.

Flowering (Jun-)Jul-Sep. Meadows, openings in subalpine thickets; 1500-3000 m; Alta., B.C., Yukon; Alaska.