Stems strigose. Flowers: receptacle spheric or cylindric; sepals spreading or reflexed from base, pubescence of appressed hairs; petals 7-9 mm. Achenes: beak 1-1.2 mm. 2 n = 28.
Flowering spring-summer (May-Jul). Wet meadows; 1800-2800 m; Colo., Wyo.