Perennials, 8-15+ cm; rhizomatous (rhizomes relatively slender, branched). Stems 1 or 3-5, loosely clustered, glabrous or bases and leaf axils tomentose. Basal leaves (and proximal cauline, relatively thick and turgid) petiolate (petioles sometimes winged); blades elliptic-ovate or suborbiculate to spatulate, 15-25 × 5-20 mm, bases tapering, margins entire or dentate (at apices). Cauline leaves abruptly reduced (becoming sessile, bractlike). Heads 1-2(-4). Peduncles ebracteate, glabrous. Calyculi inconspicuous. Phyllaries 13, cyanic, 8-9 mm, glabrous or loosely tomentose proximally. Ray florets (0) or 8-13; corolla laminae 7-9 mm. Disc florets 35-50+; corolla tubes 2-3 mm, limbs 2.5-3.5 mm. Cypselae 1-2 mm, glabrous; pappi 3-4.5 mm. Flowering mid Jul-early Aug. Steep talus of limestone-derived slopes at or above timberline; of conservation concern; 2600-3600 m; Idaho, Nev., Utah. Packera malmstenii is poorly known; it has obvious affinities with P. werneriifolia in both morphology and habitat preference. Its herbage tends to be thick and turgid.