Habit: Perennial herb, taprooted, low, fibrous at base, +- puberulent.
Stem: 0.
Leaf: basal; blades oblong to widely ovate, 1--2-pinnate, leaflets linear to round.
Inflorescence: umbels compound, dense, head-like; bracts 0 or linear; involucel 1-sided; bractlets several, narrow or wide, generally partly fused; rays few, cylindric to flattened or winged; pedicels like rays.
Flower: calyx lobes conspicuous; petals wide, yellow, +- purple, or white, tips narrowed.
Fruit: oblong-ovate to ovate, +- compressed side-to-side, glabrous; ribs +- equal, thread-like to prominently corky, obtuse; oil tubes 2--several per rib-interval; fruit axis not obvious.
Seed: compressed front-to-back; face flat to +- concave.
Species In Genus: 4 species: mountains of western North America.
Etymology: (Greek: solid foot, from compact habit)
Jepson eFlora Author: Lincoln Constance & Margriet Wetherwax
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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