Flora of North America species comparison

7–16 cm (bases somewhat woody).

6–15 cm.

7–16 cm (usually erect, slightly woody).

1–10 cm.

1-nerved, narrowly spatulate to cuneate, 10–17 × 2–5.4 mm, tips mucronate, faces gray-tomentose.

1-nerved, spatulate, 18–45 × 2–4 mm, tips mucronate, faces ± gray-tomentose.

linear, 8–18 mm, not flagged (apices acute).

linear, 8–13 mm, not flagged (apices acuminate).

staminate 3–6 mm; pistillate 4–6.5 mm.

staminate 4–5.3 mm; pistillate 4–5 mm.

staminate 2.5–3.5 mm; pistillate 2.5–3.5 mm.

staminate 2–3.2 mm; pistillate 2.5–3.5 mm.

distally whitish, yellowish, or pale brownish (often streaked with pink or rose).

(bases each with distinct dark brown or blackish spot) distally white or light brown.

3–8 in corymbiform arrays.

3–7 in corymbiform arrays.

0.5–1.2 mm, glabrous;

pappi: staminate 3–4.5 mm; pistillate 3–5 mm.

0.5–1 mm, slightly papillate;

pappi: staminate 2.5–3.5 mm; pistillate 3.5–4.5 mm.

= 28, 56.

= 28.