Flora of North America species comparison

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

proximally usually piloso-hirsute (or lanate, hairs 5–8+ mm, usually curled and tangled), sometimes nearly glabrous, distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2+ mm) and stellate-pubescent.

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 (2–)3–8+, cauline (0–)3+;

blades elliptic or spatulate to oblanceolate, lanceolate, or lance-linear, (35–)50–120(–200+) × 10–25(–40+) mm, lengths 2–5(–10+) times widths, bases ± cuneate, margins usually entire, rarely toothed, apices obtuse to acute, faces (proximal leaves) piloso-hirsute (to lanate, hairs 1–3+ mm; distal leaves often ± glabrate).

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

usually stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

campanulate, 6–8 mm.

campanulate, (7–)8–9 mm.

25–120+;

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

12–15+;

corollas yellow, 7–9 mm.

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

12–15+, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces stellate-pubescent and/or stipitate-glandular.

bractlets 5–8+.

bractlets 3–5+.

3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays.

3–12(–20+) in corymbiform arrays.

columnar, 1.2–1.5(–2) mm;

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

columnar, 2.2–4 mm;

pappi of (40–)60–80, white or stramineous bristles in 2+ series, 4–5+ mm.