It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Montana and northern California, where it grows in moist habitat, including meadows, prairies, and grassy mountain slopes.

It is a perennial herb growing from a caudex and system of rhizomes, and producing a basal rosette of leaves.

Each leaf is up to 7 centimeters long with a toothed or smooth-edged blade borne on a short petiole.

The inflorescence arises on a stout, hairy peduncle up to 35 centimeters tall.

White-petaled flowers occur in a cluster or dense array at the top.