Perennial. Stems erect, simple, 5–20 cm. Herbage puberulent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 1–4 cm long, entire, upper often with linear lobes. Inflorescence puberulent to pilose; bracts green, yellow or purple-tipped, lanceolate with 1 or 2 pairs of narrow, lateral lobes. Flowers: calyx yellow,12–22 mm long, primary clefts slightly deeper adjacent to the galea, ultimate lobes acute, 0.5–3 mm long; corolla 16–21 mm long, galea 2–4 mm long, lower lip 2–3 mm long
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Grasslands, sagebrush steppe, fellfields, open forests, woodlands; valleys to alpine
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).