Flora of North America species comparison

strigoso-puberulent.

hirsute to piloso-hirsute.

basal and proximal cauline 1(–3)-nerved, linear-lanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, 120–250 × 2–3(–5) mm, abruptly reduced on distal 1/2–2/3 of stems, sparsely pilose (abaxial faces), gland-dotted.

basal and proximal cauline 3–5-nerved, linear-lanceolate, 60–180 × 2–7 mm (largest usually distal to proximalmost), gradually reduced distally, hirsute to piloso-hirsute.

0 or 1–5 mm.

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

cylindro-campanulate, 10–13 × 5–6(–7) mm.

cylindro-campanulate, 11–17 × 6–9 mm.

10–12;

corolla tubes glabrous inside.

15–30;

corolla tubes glabrous inside (lobes adaxially hispid).

in 3–4(–5) series, outermost narrowly triangular, unequal, sparsely fine-pilose to glabrate, margins without hyaline borders, ciliate, apices (loosely divergent) acute to acuminate (innermost sometimes obtuse and short-acuminate).

(spreading to reflexed) in 5–7 series, ovate-triangular (outer) to oblong-triangular, unequal, usually sparsely hirsute, margins without hyaline borders, coarsely hirsute-ciliate, apices acute-acuminate.

in loose, spiciform arrays (internodes 1–15 mm).

in loose, racemiform to spiciform arrays.

4.2–4.5 mm;

pappi: lengths equaling corollas, bristles barbellate or proximally plumose.

5.5–6.5 mm;

pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles plumose.

globose to subglobose.

globose to slightly elongate.