Flora of North America species comparison

erect, hairy.

erect, puberulent.

basal and proximalmost cauline withering by flowering;

cauline sessile;

blades obovate, 10–40 × 3–10 mm, margins entire, apices acuminate to slightly cuspidate, faces hairy, resinous.

basal and proximalmost cauline withering by flowering;

cauline sessile;

blades obovate, 10–60 × 3–9 mm, margins entire, apices acute, distal acuminate, faces puberulent.

bracts broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, hairy.

bracts ovate, puberulent.

5–8 mm.

6–9 mm.

fusiform-obconic, 1–3 mm, densely strigose;

pappi: inner series 6–8 mm.

fusiform-obconic, 1–2 mm, strigose;

pappi: inner series 6–7 mm.

2–5;

corolla tubes 3–4 mm, laminae 3–6 mm.

1–2;

corolla tubes 2–4 mm, laminae 2–3 mm.

6–11;

corolla tubes 4–6 mm, lobes 1–2 mm.

9–17;

corolla tubes 4–6 mm, lobes 0.6–1 mm.

in 4–5 series, outer 2–3 mm, first mid 3–4 mm, second mid 4–6 mm, puberulent.

in 3–4 series, outer 3–5 mm, mid 5–7 mm, puberulent.

2–4 per branch, in corymbiform arrays.

2–3 per branch, in compact corymbiform arrays.

= 18.