Appearance
This is a perennial herb producing a patch of small, hairy stems up to about 20 centimeters tall. Each leaf is divided into usually five very narrow, needlelike lobes. The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers, each with white corolla lobes about half a centimeter long each joined at a yellowish throat.Naming
There are several subspecies:⤷ ''L. n.'' ssp. ''howellii'', Mt. Tedoc linanthus, is a rare subspecies known from just a few spots deep in the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness of northern California
⤷ ''L. n.'' ssp. ''nuttallii'' is the more widespread subspecies
⤷ ''L. n.'' ssp. ''pubescens'' is native to the mountains and plateaus of Nevada and California east of the Sierra Nevada
⤷ ''L. n.'' ssp. ''tenuilobus'' is native to Arizona and New Mexico
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