OregonFlora species comparison

10–40 cm, 1–2-pinnate.

lanceolate to elliptic or linear, 4–25 cm, shallowly to deeply lobed or pinnate;

lobe margins and tips spiny;

surfaces glabrous or tomentose.

hemispheric, 20–60 mm in diameter.

corollas 15–28 mm, purple.

broadly or narrowly lanceolate; midribs prominent.

4–5 mm, tan or brown;

pappus bristles 13–25 mm.

solitary or in pairs, often nodding;

peduncles not winged.

=16.