Flora of North America species comparison

erect to spreading, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy, resinous.

erect to ascending, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, gland-dotted, resinous.

mostly ascending to spreading, often recurved distally;

blades filiform to narrowly oblanceolate (adaxially sulcate), 10–25 × 0.5–1.5 mm, midnerves obscure, apices apiculate, faces glabrous, resinous (axillary fascicles usually present).

blades ascending, sometimes spreading when older, filiform to narrowly oblanceolate (adaxially sulcate to concave), 10–20 × 1–2 mm, midnerves not evident, apices acute, sometimes apiculate, faces glabrous, regularly gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous;

axillary leaf fascicles sometimes present, shorter than subtending leaves.

1–10 mm (bracts 0–15+).

3–15 mm (bracts 3–20+, mostly leaflike, distal scalelike).

obconic, 5.5–8 × 3–5 mm.

turbinate, 3–5 × 3–5 mm.

3–7;

laminae (white) 5.5–7 × 1.5–2 mm.

3–6;

laminae 4–5 × 1–2 mm.

10–15;

corollas (white) 6–8 mm.

6–16;

corollas 5–6 mm.

22–34 in 4–5 series, green to tan, lanceolate to oblong, 1–6 × 0.5–1.5 mm, strongly unequal (sometimes outer subequal), mostly chartaceous, outer herbaceous or apically so (mid bodies often apically obtuse to notched, with subulate appendages), midnerves evident, (margins narrowly membranous, entire or serrulate, often ciliolate) apices acute to attenuate (outer often squarrose), abaxial faces glabrous, resinous.

12–20 in 3–4 series, tan, linear to lanceolate, 1–3.5 × 0.5–1 mm, unequal, mostly chartaceous, sometimes herbaceous-tipped, erect, midnerves raised, somewhat expanded apically, subapical resin ducts usually present, (margins scarious to narrowly membranous, glabrous or ciliate) apices erect, acute, sometimes apiculate, abaxial faces glabrous.

in loose, cymiform arrays (1–4 cm wide).

in irregular cymiform arrays (to 7 cm wide).

tan to brown, narrowly turbinate, 4.5–5 mm, moderately to densely sericeous;

pappi off-white to brown, 5.8–7.2 mm.

tan to brown, turbinate to narrowly oblanceolate, 3.5–4 mm (ribs ca. 5), villous;

pappi off-white to brown, 3.5–5 mm.

= 18.

= 18.