Flora of North America species comparison

grayish to nearly green, leafy, loosely tomentose.

white, leafy, loosely tomentose.

grayish green;

blades mostly 3–5-nerved, broadly linear, 40–90 × 3–6(–10) mm, faces tomentulose.

whitish;

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

7.5–9.5(–10.5) mm.

7.5–10.5 mm.

7.5–9.5 mm, tubes minutely puberulent, lobes 1–1.5 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.

11–17, apices erect, obtuse, outer abaxial faces glabrous or with apical tufts of hairs, inner frequently glabrous.

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

densely hairy;

pappi 7.5–7.6 mm.

densely hairy;

pappi 4.8–7.6 mm.

= 18.