Flora of North America species comparison

1–10(–20+), erect or ascending, glabrous throughout or hairy in arrays.

1–6(–10), erect, short-canescent (hairs ascending to appressed).

rosettes present at flowering;

basal and proximal cauline tapering to long, winged petioles sheathing stems or nearly so, blades narrowly ovate to oblanceolate, 100–400 × 10–60 mm, thick or fleshy, entire, acute, glabrous;

mid to distal cauline usually numerous, sessile, blades lanceolate, 40–60 × 5–10 mm, reduced distally, thick or fleshy, bases sometimes subclasping, margins entire.

basal and proximal cauline tapering to long, winged petioles, blades spatulate-ovate to oblanceolate, 20–95 × 7–15 mm, margins crenate to entire, apices acute, faces densely puberulent;

mid and distal cauline (sometimes subtending axillary tufts of lateral branch leaves) sessile, blades linear-oblanceolate, 16–45 × 3–7 mm, reduced distally, margins entire.

2–3 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy.

2–3.5 mm, bracteoles 0–4, linear.

3–7 mm.

narrowly campanulate, 2.6–5.8 mm.

8–17;

laminae 5–6.2 × 0.4–0.6 mm.

5–11;

laminae 2.8–5.5 × 0.3–0.7 mm.

10–22;

corollas 3–3.2 mm, lobes 0.5–1.2 mm.

3–10; 2.5–4.6 mm, lobes 0.4-0.6 mm.

in 3–4 series, unequal, lanceolate, margins ciliate, apices acute.

in 3 series, ovate to linear-lanceolate, unequal, outer acute, inner obtuse.

20–500, secund, in paniculiform arrays, secund-pyramidal to broadly club-shaped, sometimes leafy proximally, at least proximal branches spreading-recurved, branches and peduncles bracteolate, bracteoles reduced distally.

10–300, secund, in wandlike pyramidal, paniculiform arrays, secund to apically recurved, 8–25 × 2.5–10 cm, sometimes proximal branches elongate, repeating pattern.

(obconic) 1.1–1.5 mm, moderately strigose;

pappi 3.8–4 mm (slightly clavate).

(obconic) 0.5–2 mm, strigose;

pappi 2–4 mm.