Pinaropappus roseus
white dandelion or rocklettuce, white rock-lettuce
1–20+, bases relatively thin.
blades narrowly oblanceolate, 4–12 cm × 2–15 mm;
mid cauline often reduced to linear or minute bracts.
campanulate, 10–15 × 12–20 mm.
20–40;
corollas pale pink abaxially, white to yellow adaxially, 15–18 mm.
ovate to narrowly lanceolate, unequal, 2–14 mm, apices dark brown, obtuse to acute.
5–6 mm;
pappi 4–7 mm.
12–18 mm.
= 18.
Pinaropappus roseus
At flowering, phyllaries of Pinaropappus roseus are pale green with margins suffused with pink. On fresh specimens, the dark brown tips are distinctive. Specimens from the mountains of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico with stems leafy beyond the middles have been recognized as var. foliosus; that trait appears to be widespread and part of the normal range of variation for the species.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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