Flora of North America species comparison

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

proximally glabrous or stellate-pubescent, distally glabrous or 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 5–6+, cauline 0(–1+);

blades oblanceolate to spatulate, 40–80 × 18–45+ mm, lengths 3–5+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually entire, apices rounded to obtuse, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm), adaxial glabrous.

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

campanulate, 6–8 mm.

hemispheric to campanulate, 8–10 (× 6–9) mm.

25–120+;

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

30–60+;

corollas yellow, ca. 12 mm.

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

13–21+, apices acuminate, abaxial faces stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular, sometimes piloso-hirsute as well.

bractlets 5–8+.

bractlets 5–8+.

3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays.

8–12+ in corymbiform arrays.

columnar, 1.2–1.5(–2) mm;

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

(black or red-brown) columnar, 3–4 mm;

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