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) to glabrate, distally usually glabrous, rarely piloso-hirsute.

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 3–6+, cauline 0–1+;

blades obovate or elliptic to oblanceolate, 40–60(–120) × 15–35(–50+) mm, lengths 2–3(–4) times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually entire, sometimes denticulate, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–5 mm) and stellate-pubescent, adaxial glabrous or piloso-hirsute (mostly near margins, hairs 2–3 mm).

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

usually stipitate-glandular, rarely glabrous or glabrate.

campanulate, 6–8 mm.

obconic to campanulate, 7–9 mm.

25–120+;

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

30–45+;

corollas yellow (sometimes pale), 7–11 mm.

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

12–13+, apices acute, abaxial faces usually stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular, rarely glabrous.

bractlets 5–8+.

bractlets 6–10+.

3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays.

4–10(–20+) in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays.

columnar, 1.2–1.5(–2) mm;

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

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

pappi of ca. 50+, stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, 4–5 mm.