Erect plant covered in fine hairs, giving the leaves a velvety feel, and the leaves a light green or even greyish green look. Most leaves toothed, upper leaves sometimes entire. Leaves to 7 cm long, 1.75 cm wide. Leaves are alternate and reduced upwards. Infloresence is a pyramidal-shaped panicle of yellow flowers, flowers appear early August. Flower panicle 5 cm tall, 4 cm wide.

Common to prairie in southern Saskatchewan.

We observed plants to a height of 67 cm.

Took the above photos August 13th, in an aspen grove at White Butte, about 25 km east our home in Regina, SK.

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