Eriophyllum superbum

Eriophyllum superbum Rydberg, sp. nov
A perennial, with a cespitose rootstock; stems 4 dm. high or more, corymbosely branched above, loosely white-tomentose; lower leaves cuneate-spatulate in outline, deeply 3-lobed, 2-4 cm. long, white-tomentose on both sides; stem-leaves deltoid in outline, twice or thrice ternate-phsnatifid into oblong or linear divisions; peduncles 2-5 cm. long; involucre hemispheric, 7 mm. high, 10-12 mm. broad; bracts 8-10, acute; ray-flowers of the same number; ligules golden-yellow, about 15 mm. long and 3 mm. wide; disk-corollas scarcely 3 mm. long, glandular-hispid throughout, the short tube densely so; achenes glabrous, 3 mm. long; squamellae minute, obovate, less than 0.2 mm. long.
Tvpe collected on Higlev's promontory of lake, opposite Quiniault, Washington, July, 1902, Conard 243 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Washington and Oregon.