[1] Raillardella pringlei is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing in a clump of rosetted basal leaves.

The leaves are linear to lance-shaped with smooth or faintly toothed edges, up to 15 centimeters long, and mostly hairless.

The floral bract is densely covered with glandular hairs.

The fruit is a long, narrow achene which may be 2 centimeters in length including its pappus of plumelike bristles.

[2] Raillardella pringlei is endemic to the southern Klamath Ranges of northern California, where it grows in moist forest habitat on serpentine soils.