Flora of North America species comparison

white to yellowish green, nearly leafless at flowering, densely tomentose.

white, leafy, loosely tomentose.

yellowish green;

blades 1-nerved, filiform, 10–30 × 0.5–1.5 mm, faces glabrate.

whitish;

blades 1-nerved, filiform, 15–45 × 1–2 mm, faces loosely tomentose.

8.5–12.

7.5–10.5 mm.

7–10.9 mm, tubes puberulent, lobes 0.9–2 mm, glabrous;

style appendages longer than stigmatic portions.

7–9.5 mm, tubes glabrous or puberulent, lobes 0.6–1 mm, glabrous;

style appendages equaling or shorter than stigmatic portions.

20–26, apices erect, acute, abaxial faces tomentose to glabrate.

15–17, apices erect, obtuse, outer abaxial faces densely tomentulose, inner glabrous.

densely hairy;

pappi 6.3–9.8 mm.

densely hairy;

pappi 4.8–7.6 mm.

= 18.

= 18.