Plant: Perennial, cespitose or not, glabrous; stem decumbent or ascending Leaves: generally basal; lower stipules bristle-tipped; upper stipules wide, toothed or sharply lobed; leaflets 1-3 cm, narrowly elliptic to widely ovate INFLORESCENCE: head-like, included or exserted from leaves, 2-3 cm wide; involucre wheel-like, segments or lobes many Flowers: calyx 7-11 mm, lobes tapered, tips bristled; corolla 12-16 mm, pink-purple or magenta, tip white; 9 filaments fused, 1 free Fruit: Fruit: legume, stalk-like base 0-1 mm; Seeds 2-4 Misc: Beaches to mtn meadows, ridges, generally open moist or marshy places; < 3200 m.; May-Oct