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 (hairs 1–8+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, sometimes glabrous, distally usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–8+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, rarely stipitate-glandular as well, sometimes glabrous.

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 0(–5+), cauline (3–)5–10+;

blades lanceolate, oblanceolate or narrowly oblong to elliptic, 50–100(–200) × 10–25(–35+) mm, lengths (3–)4–8+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins entire or denticulate, apices obtuse to acute, faces usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–5+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, rarely glabrous.

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

usually stellate-pubescent, sometimes piloso-hirsute and/or stipitate-glandular as well, rarely glabrous.

campanulate, 6–8 mm.

campanulate, 8–10 mm.

25–120+;

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

20–45+;

corollas yellow, 10–12 mm.

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

12–21+, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute, stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

bractlets 5–8+.

bractlets 5–13+.

3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays.

(3–)9–25+ in corymbiform to thyrsiform arrays.

columnar, 1.2–1.5(–2) mm;

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

(red-brown or black) columnar, ca. 3 mm;

pappi of 32–40+, white or stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, 6–7 mm.