Flora of North America species comparison

hispidulous-puberulent.

hirtellous.

basal (usually withering before flowering) and proximal cauline 1-nerved, broadly oblanceolate to elliptic- or lanceolate-spatulate to linear-lanceolate, 80–250 × (4–)6–25 mm, gradually or abruptly reduced distally, essentially glabrous or sparsely or densely puberulent-hispidulous, ± gland-dotted (distal especially).

basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, spatulate-oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 40–150(–180) × 4–8(–11) mm, abruptly reduced (linear, 1–2 mm wide), then gradually reduced distally, essentially glabrous or hirtellous (sometimes mostly along abaxial midveins), gland-dotted.

0 or (ascending to spreading or deflexed) 1–5(–10) mm.

0.

campanulate-hemispheric to turbinate-campanulate, (9–)10–16 × 10–20 mm.

cylindric, 8–12 × 3.5–5 mm.

(14–)18–24(–30);

corolla tubes pilose inside.

3–4;

corolla tubes glabrous inside.

usually in 4–5 series, (outer or outer and middle usually reflexed) broadly obovate to oblong-spatulate, unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with relatively broad, whitish-hyaline, irregular to erose or lacerate borders (especially on the distal 1/3), strongly bullate (with a sharp, low, rounded buttress delimiting the hyaline border), apices usually rounded to subtruncate.

in 3(–4) series, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, unequal, usually glabrous, rarely minutely puberulent, margins with hyaline borders, apices acute to acuminate.

in loose, spiciform arrays.

(appressed, overlapping) in dense, spiciform arrays.

(3.5–)4.5–6 mm;

pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate.

(3–)4–6 mm;

pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate.

globose.

globose to elongate.

= 20.

= 20.