Flora of North America species comparison

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

yellowish green, moderately leafy at flowering, tomentum compact.

yellowish green;

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

grayish green;

blades 1-nerved, linear, 10–20 × 0.5–1.5 mm, faces tomentulose to densely tomentose.

8.5–12.

11.2–16 mm.

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

style appendages longer than stigmatic portions.

9.8–11.8 mm, tubes puberulent or glabrous, lobes 0.7–0.9 mm, villous;

style appendages longer than stigmatic portions.

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

16–25, apices erect, acute to short-acuminate, outer abaxial faces tomentose or glabrous, inner often glabrous.

densely hairy;

pappi 6.3–9.8 mm.

glabrous or densely hairy;

pappi 9.5–12 mm.

= 18.

= 18.