Distribution
Austria, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Ukraine, United States of America

Austria, Bulgaria, Slovakia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Norway, Poland, Romania, N- & C-European Russia, Ukraine, Sweden, Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Russian Far East, China (Gansu, Hebei, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan), Tibet, Bhutan, Jammu & Kashmir (Dras, Ladakh, Rupshu, Zanskar, Poonch, Kashmir), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Alaska, USA (Montana, Wyoming), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Northern Territories, Yukon)

Alpine meadows, pastures, damp limestone rocks, tundra, grassy slopes. Altitude 260-5400 m.

Local status: Endangered (Ukraine)

GBIF.org (7th February 2018) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.xpojjq

Hassler M. (2018). World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (version Dec 2017). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2018. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.

Herbs perennial, 5-10(-20) cm tall, drying black. Stems usually scapelike, woolly. Leaves mostly basal; petiole to 5 cm, pubescent; leaf blade linear-lanceolate to linear, 1.5-7 cm, abaxially sometimes pubescent along veins, adaxially usually glabrous, pinnatisect; segments 10--30 pairs, ovate to oblong, dentate. Stem leaves 1 or 2, similar to basal leaves but smaller. Inflorescences ca. 5(-10) cm; bracts linear-lanceolate to linear, ca. as long as to shorter than flowers, usually woolly. Calyx 0.9-1.2 cm; lobes 5, ± equal. Corolla yellow, with purple galea, occasionally lower lip purple-spotted, more than 2 cm; tube falcate apically, 1.2--1.6 cm, apex obtuse or ± acute; galea 0.7-1.4 cm, rounded in front; lower lip 5-7 mm X 0.7-1.4 cm, middle lobe rounded, smaller than lateral lobes. Anterior filament pair pubescent. Stigma included or slightly exserted. Capsule long ovoid to ovoid-lanceolate, to 1.8 cm X 7 mm. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Jul-Oct.
Chromosome number: 2n = 16.