Flora of North America species comparison

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

proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 0.5–1+ 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 2–4, cauline (2–)4–10;

blades (often purple-mottled) oblong to lanceolate, 20–80 × 7–20+ mm, lengths 3–4 times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually dentate, sometimes entire, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces glabrous or piloso-hirsute (especially midribs), adaxial glabrous or stellate-pubescent.

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

piloso-hirsute and stellate-pubescent (not, or rarely, stipitate-glandular).

campanulate, 6–8 mm.

campanulate to obconic, 10–15 mm.

25–120+;

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

30–50+;

corollas yellow (lengths unknown).

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

25–35, apices acuminate, abaxial faces stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

bractlets 5–8+.

bractlets 10–16.

3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays.

1–5(–10) in ± corymbiform arrays.

columnar, 1.2–1.5(–2) mm;

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

columnar, 3–5 mm;

pappi of ca. 30, stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, ca. 6 mm.