Leaf blades narrowly oblanceolate to spatulate, tomentose abaxially, less so adaxially. Flowers 5-9 mm; perianth yellow to ochro-leucous, sparsely to densely villous abaxially.

Flowering May-Jul. Sandy to gravelly or rocky flats and slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, oak and montane conifer woodlands; 100-1700(-1900) m; Oreg., Wash.

Variety douglasii is widespread in scattered, disjunct populations in southeastern Washington (Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Kittitas, Klickitat, and Yakima counties) and northeastern Oregon (Baker, Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson, Malheur, Sherman, Union, Wallowa, and Wasco counties).