Flowers white,
tiny, tepals 6-8 mm, arranged in a dense, long, raceme up to 5 dm at maturity;
flower stalk up to almost 2 m, many leaves; basal leaves numerous in large
clumps, 1.5-8 dm tall, tough, wiry; rhizome thick.
Along ocean from sea level to subalpine meadows in the Olympic Mountains
and in the Cascades; open woods and hillsides, many in large patches.