Flora of North America species comparison

proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–4+ mm), distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–4 mm) and stipitate-glandular.

glabrous or nearly so.

basal 3–8+, cauline 0(–1+);

blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 45–70(–160+) × 10–35 mm, lengths 3–5+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins entire, apices acute, faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2+ mm) and stellate-pubescent.

basal 5–9+, cauline 0–3;

blades oblanceolate to spatulate, 35–95+ × 12–25+ mm, lengths 2–4+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins entire, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces glabrous or piloso-hirsute (on midribs, hairs 5–8+ mm), adaxial piloso-hirsute (hairs 5–8+ mm, often tangled).

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

glabrous or stipitate-glandular.

campanulate, 6–8 mm.

campanulate to cylindric, (7–)9–10 mm.

25–120+;

corollas orange (drying scarlet to purplish), 10–14+ mm.

6–12;

corollas yellow, 8.5–10 mm.

13–30+, apices acuminate, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute, stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

8–13+, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces glabrous or stipitate-glandular.

bractlets 5–8+.

bractlets 3–5+.

3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays.

(3–)15–15(–40+) in corymbiform arrays.

columnar, 1.2–1.5(–2) mm;

pappi of 25–30+, white bristles in 1 series, 3.5–4 mm.

urceolate, 5–5.5 mm;

pappi of 50–60+, stramineous to rufous bristles in 2+ series, 5–8 mm.