Plants 12-40 cm (short form) or 30-60 cm (tall form); slender, fibrous-rooted, rhizomelike bases, strongly developed woody roots usually apparently 0 or not collected. Stems ascending-erect, usually not wiry or brittle. ( Leaves mostly 15-35 mm). Phyllaries glabrous or sparsely hairy, densely glandular.

Flowering Jun-Sep. Open, rocky sites, various vegetation types; (1200-)1700-3000(-3100) m; Calif., Nev.