Flora of North America species comparison

1 (at ends of rhizomes), ascending to erect, glabrate proximally to sparsely to densely strigoso-puberulent distally.

basal and proximal cauline often persisting to flowering, gradually tapering to winged petioles, blades linear oblanceolate to oblanceolate, rarely spatulate, 50–120 × 8–30 mm, proximalmost much smaller, margins entire to sharply serrate, faces glabrate to moderately scabroso-strigose;

mid and distal cauline sessile or subsessille, blades elliptic to oblanceolate or obovate, 10–50 × 3–12 mm, mid tapering to bases, somewhat to strongly 3-nerved, largest, usually much reduced distally, margins entire or sometimes distally serrate, apices acute, faces sparsely to densely strigoso-puberulent, sometimes softly so.

1–6 mm, sparsely to densely strigillose;

bracteoles 0–5, sometimes clustered near to and grading into phyllaries, linear-lanceolate.

campanulate, 3.5–6 mm.

6–12;

laminae 2.9–6.3 × 0.3–0.7(–1) mm.

5–17;

corollas 3.5–6 mm, lobes 0.8–1.7 mm.

in 3–5 series, lanceolate to oblong, strongly unequal, acute or sometimes obtuse, glabrous or sparsely strigillose.

(2–)30–500, in narrow to broad, thyrsiform to secund-pyramidal paniculiform arrays, branches recurved, secund, congested to lax.

0.7–2.7 mm, sparsely to densely strigillose;

pappi 2.5–4.7 mm.