Flora of North America species comparison

1, densely lanate-tomentose proximally, floccose-tomentose to glabrescent distally.

1 (per rosette, rosettes clustered), lanate-tomentose to glabrescent.

(and proximal cauline) petiolate;

blades lanceolate to narrowly ovate or elliptic, 40–120+ × 20–50+ mm, bases tapering, sometimes oblique, margins subentire, crenate, or serrate-dentate.

(and proximal cauline) petiolate;

blades obovate to broadly spatulate, 5–20+ × 10–15 mm, bases tapering, margins subentire or dentate apically (faces lanate-tomentose to glabrescent).

gradually reduced (± petiolate or sessile, weakly clasping; dentate to pinnately lobed).

gradually reduced (sessile; spatulate to linear, densely tomentose).

bracteate, sparsely to densely tomentose.

bracteate, densely lanate-tomentose.

10 or 13;

corolla laminae 6–8+ mm.

8 or 13;

corolla laminae 8–10 mm.

50–60+;

corolla tubes 3.5–4 mm, limbs 3–3.5 mm.

35–50+;

corolla tubes 2–2.5 mm, limbs 2–2.5 mm.

13 or 21, light green, 5–8 mm, usually glabrous (sometimes hairy proximally).

13 or 21, green, 6–8 mm, lanate-tomentose, glabrate distally.

inconspicuous.

0.

10–30+ in open, corymbiform arrays (more in robust individuals).

2–8+ in compact cymiform arrays.

1–1.5 mm, hispid;

pappi 5–7 mm.

0.75–1 mm, glabrous or hispid on ribs;

pappi 3–4 mm.

= 46.

= 46.