Growth habit semi-prostrate, stems tufted from the caudex. Foliage densely pubescent, giving the leaves a silver colour. Leaves pinnate, we counted up to 17 leaflets (Budd's Flora lists 9 to 21 leaflets). Leaflets oblanceolate in shape. Flowers in a globose spike, are reddish-purple to bluish-purple in colour. Flowers to 2 cm in length.
We measured plants to a height of 9 cm.
Common. Habitat is prairie slopes and eroded hillsides.
Took the above photos were taken May 7th and May 15th, prairie hillsides, Buffalo Grass Eco Reserve, 200 km southeast of our home in Regina, SK.