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 usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–8+ mm) and/or stellate-pubescent and/or stipitate-glandular, 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 (3–)5–12+, cauline 0–2(–3+);

blades obovate to spatulate or oblanceolate, (15–)25–40(–60+) × 5–10(–25+) mm, lengths 2–3+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually entire, rarely denticulate, apices rounded to obtuse (often apiculate), faces usually glabrous, sometimes stipitate-glandular and/or scabrellous.

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

campanulate, 6–8 mm.

± campanulate, (6–)7–10 mm.

25–120+;

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

20–60+;

corollas yellow, 5–6 mm.

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

13–21+, apices acuminate, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

bractlets 5–8+.

bractlets 5–8+.

3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays.

usually 2–8+ in corymbiform arrays, sometimes borne singly.

columnar, 1.2–1.5(–2) mm;

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

columnar, 1.5–3.5 mm;

pappi of 30–40+ white or sordid bristles in ± 2 series, 4–5 mm.