Flora of North America species comparison

1–7, curved-ascending to decumbent, red-tinged, sparsely leafy to almost naked, glabrate to lanate or tomentulose, eglandular.

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

basal petiolate, blades linear to oblanceolate or elliptic, 40–150 × 3–20 mm, margins usually sharply dentate to laciniate, rarely entire;

cauline sessile, few, blades lanceolate, 20–50 × 2–6 mm, bases cordate, clasping;

faces glabrous, sparsely to densely shaggy-tomentose or lanate, eglandular.

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.

2–12 cm.

2–3 cm.

hemispheric, 6–13 × 10–20 mm.

hemispheric, 7–13 × 13–20 mm.

18–50;

corollas 7–11 mm.

11–40;

corollas 7–16 mm.

35–60;

corollas 5–8 mm.

45–90;

corollas 5–7 mm.

in 2 series, appresssed or loose, linear-lanceolate, 6–11 mm, subequal or unequal (sometimes outer ± shorter and green throughout), margins ciliate, faces usually villous to lanate, rarely glabrous.

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.

usually borne singly, sometimes 2–4 in racemiform arrays.

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

subcylindric, 2–4 mm, obscurely nerved and angled, faces sericeous;

pappi tawny, 5–7 mm.

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

pappi tawny, 5–7.5 mm.

= 12.