Flora of North America species comparison

green, blades elliptic to lanceolate (not lobed), ± leathery, bases attenuate to cuneate, margins entire, serrate, or toothed, apices acute to acuminate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy;

basal 15–50 × 3–9 cm;

cauline petiolate or sessile, 5–50 × 2–12 cm.

ovoid to ellipsoid;

paleae 6–8 mm, apices acute (appressed in young heads), abaxial tips hairy.

10–16;

laminae oblong to oblanceolate, 20–50 × 8–12 mm, abaxially hairy.

200–500+;

corollas proximally greenish yellow, distally maroon, 3.5–5 mm;

style branches ca. 2 mm, apices acute.

to 2.5 cm (margins sometimes ciliate).

borne singly or (2–5) in ± corymbiform arrays.

5–7.5 mm;

pappi coroniform, to 1.5 mm.

20–45 × 10–20 mm.

= 36.