Flora of North America species comparison

1–7, procumbent to decumbent or ascending, red tinged, scapiform, glabrous or sparsely tomentose.

1–5, ascending or decumbent, pale and often red-tinged, sparsely villous, sometimes tomentose.

basal petiolate, blades lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 30–100 × 2–18 mm (leathery), margins usually coarsely dentate to laciniate, rarely entire, ciliate;

cauline sessile, blades linear-lanceolate (bractlike), 10–20 × 1–2 mm;

faces glabrous, eglandular.

(persistent, thick, ± fleshy);

basal petiolate, blades lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 50–140 × 9–16 mm, margins usually entire, sometimes slightly undulate, sometimes denticulate, sparsely ciliate, apices acute to obtuse, faces usually glabrous, sometimes puberulent or villous, eglandular;

cauline sessile, lanceolate to ovate, 20–40 × 5–10 mm, bases clasping, auriculate.

2–3 cm.

0.5–1 cm.

hemispheric, 7–13 × 13–20 mm.

broadly campanulate, 8–15 × 20–35 mm.

11–40;

corollas 7–16 mm.

21–55;

corollas 10–18 mm.

45–90;

corollas 5–7 mm.

100+;

corollas 6–8 mm.

in 3–4 series, green, oblanceolate to narrowly oblong, 4–10 mm, unequal, margins white to purplish, entire, ciliate, apices green, broad, acute, faces glabrous.

in 3–4 series, green with white margins, sometimes yellowish, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 6–12 mm, unequal, margins entire, ciliate, apices obtuse to acute or acuminate, faces villous.

usually borne singly, terminal, rarely 1–2 smaller proximally.

usually borne singly, terminal, sometimes 2–3 smaller proximally, not subtended by leaflike bracts.

fusiform, slightly flattened, 5–7 mm, 3-angled, faces striate, glabrous;

pappi tawny, 5–7.5 mm.

subfusiform, not compressed, 4–7 mm, 4-angled, faces striate, sericeous or glabrous;

pappi tawny, 6–8 mm.

= 12.