Flora of North America species comparison

yellowish green, moderately leafy to nearly leafless, compact tomentose.

yellowish green to nearly white, leafy, compactly, smoothly tomentose.

yellowish green;

blades 1-nerved, filiform, 10–30 × 0.7–1 mm, faces tomentulose.

greenish;

blades 3-nerved, broadly linear, 30–90 × 1–3 mm, faces often tomentulose.

7–8.5 mm.

6–8 mm.

6–7.5 mm, tubes glabrous, lobes 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous;

style appendages shorter than stigmatic portions.

7–9+ mm, tubes puberulent or glabrous, lobes 0.6–1.5, glabrous;

style appendages longer than stigmatic portions.

16–26 (in vertical ranks), apices recurved, acuminate, abaxial faces tomentose to glabrate, glutinous.

14–18, apices erect, acute, abaxial faces usually glabrous, outer sometimes sparsely hairy.

hairy;

pappi 4.5–6.7 mm.

densely hairy;

pappi 4.9–6.5 mm.

= 18.