Taken on a rocky ridge north of Bear Creek Canyon. A small composite in the Asteraceae (Aster/Sunflower) Family. It is also known as Dwarf Mountain Fleabane, Cutleaf Daisy, and Trifid Mountain Fleabane and is native to western North America, Greenland and eastern Canada. It has a tap root.. Tufts are small, Stems glandular, unbranched, and usually leafless. Basal leaves are spoon-shaped, always lobed, sometimes divided again, usually covered with hairs. The flower head is a solitary yellow disc surrounded by 40-60 purple-tipped bracts that form a cup holding white, pink, or blue ray flowers, or sometimes, in higher altitudes, rayless. Many flowers on a plant. Grows in sandy, rocky soils at mostly mid- to high elevations. This locally common perrenial plant flowers in late spring and early summer and is 4-10 inches tall.