Flora of North America species comparison

1–5+, ascending to erect, glabrous or sparsely puberulent.

1–5+, ascending to erect, glabrous or sparsely puberulent.

thin, margins entire or sometimes serrate, apices acute to obtuse, faces usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy;

basal usually persistent, petiolate to subpetiolate, blades broadly elliptic to obovate, 30–200 × 8–25(–30) mm, bases attenuate, margins entire or sometimes serrate, apices acute to obtuse;

proximal cauline sessile or subpetiolate, blades elliptic to obovate, 35–120 × 8–25 mm, bases attenuate or cuneate to rounded, sometimes ± clasping, apices acute;

distal sessile, reduced distally, bases cuneate, apices acute.

thin, margins entire, apices acute, faces glabrous or sparsely puberulent;

basal persistent, petiolate, blades narrowly elliptic to obovate, 50–150 × 3–15 mm, attenuate, margins entire;

proximal cauline sessile or subpetiolate, blades linear to narrowly elliptic, 50–150 × 2–15 mm, bases attenuate or cuneate;

distal sessile, blades 30–60 × 2–10 mm, reduced distally, bases cuneate to rounded.

sparsely hairy, bracts 0–3, lanceolate.

sparsely hairy, bracts 0–3+.

campanulate, 6–16(–20) mm.

campanulate, 5–10 mm.

15–60;

corollas violet to purple, laminae 8–18(–20) × 1–2 mm.

15–40;

corollas violet, laminae 9–15 × 1–2 mm.

50–150;

corollas yellow, 4–7 mm, lobes triangular, 0.4–1 mm.

30-80(–100);

corollas yellow, sometimes becoming reddish, 4.5–6 mm, lobes triangular, 0.5–1 mm.

in 4–6 series, oblanceolate or oblong (outer) to lanceolate or linear (inner), subequal or unequal (outer exceeding inner), bases outer foliaceous, inner indurate, margins entire, green zones elliptic to lanceolate, apices acute to rounded, faces glabrous or puberulent.

in 3–5 series, narrowly oblong or linear (outer) to linear (inner), unequal, bases indurate, margins entire, green zones elliptic to lanceolate, apices usually acute, sometimes obtuse, faces glabrous or ± puberulent.

borne singly or in paniculiform arrays, branches ascending, up to 25 cm.

in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays, branches usually few.

brown, cylindric to obovoid, not compressed, 2.5–4 mm, 3–4-nerved, faces hairy;

pappi white to tawny, 5–8 mm.

brown, cylindric to obovoid, not compressed, 2.5–3.5 mm, ± 4-nerved, faces hairy;

pappi whitish, 5–7 mm.