Flora of North America species comparison

grayish to nearly green, leafy, loosely tomentose.

whitish, leafy, loosely tomentose.

grayish green;

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

dark green to grayish;

blades 1-nerved, filiform to linear, 30–40 × 1–3 mm, faces compactly tomentose.

7.5–9.5(–10.5) mm.

8–13 mm.

7.5–9.5 mm, tubes minutely puberulent, lobes 1–1.5 mm, glabrous;

style appendages longer than stigmatic portions.

7.5–10 mm, tubes glabrous or moderately hairy, lobes 1.6–2.5 mm, glabrous;

style appendages shorter than stigmatic portions.

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

14–18, apices erect, acute to obtuse, outer abaxial faces sparsely tomentose, inner glabrous.

densely hairy;

pappi 7.5–7.6 mm.

densely hairy;

pappi 5.2–9 mm.

= 18.