Flora of North America species comparison

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

1–3, erect, sometimes curved-ascending, sparsely villous to tomentose, 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.

basal blades lanceolate to oblanceolate, 80–310 × 9–30 mm, margins entire or undulate, ciliate;

cauline sessile, blades lanceolate, 30–120 × 5–20 mm;

faces sparsely tomentose, eglandular.

0.5–1 cm.

0–3 cm.

broadly campanulate, 8–15 × 20–35 mm.

campanulate, 10–23 × 12–20 mm (in axils of leafy bract).

21–55;

corollas 10–18 mm.

17–25;

corollas 6–14.5 mm.

100+;

corollas 6–8 mm.

35–60;

corollas 7–11 mm.

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.

in 4–5 series, green, lanceolate, 5–12 mm, unequal, margins entire, ciliate, apices acute, faces villous.

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

4–12 in open, racemiform arrays.

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

pappi tawny, 6–8 mm.

narrowly oblong, 4.5–6.5 mm, 4-angled, faces striate, villous;

pappi tawny, 5.8–8 mm.

= 36.