Flora of North America species comparison

faces ± densely strigose or hispidulous;

proximal blades oblanceolate, 30–80(–120+) × 10–25+ mm, obscurely lobed to coarsely toothed or entire;

distal narrowly oblanceolate to linear, 10–50 × 2–10 mm, obscurely toothed or entire.

3.5–5 mm.

3–5 mm diam. in fruit.

60–150+;

corollas ± equaling or surpassing styles, laminae 0 or to 0.3 mm.

8–12+.

usually strigose or hispidulous;

outer greenish to purplish, lanceolate, shorter;

inner stramineous to purplish, linear-attenuate (more chartaceous to scarious, less hairy).

usually in paniculiform to racemiform, rarely corymbiform arrays.

pale tan, 1–1.5 mm, faces glabrous or sparsely strigillose;

pappi of 15–25+, pinkish, sordid, or tawny bristles 3–4+ mm.

= 54.