Flora of North America species comparison

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

1–5+, ascending to erect, densely puberulent to lanate, especially distally.

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.

thickish, margins entire or shallowly crenate, apices acute to ± obtuse, faces densely lanate-puberulent;

basal withering by flowering, petiolate, blades obovate to elliptic, 30–150 × 10–40 mm, bases cuneate to rounded, margins entire, ciliolate, apices acute, faces densely cinereous to lanate;

proximalmost cauline sometimes withering by flowering, subpetiolate or sessile, blades obovate-lanceolate to elliptic, 50–100 × 10–25(–35) mm, bases cuneate, clasping, ± auriculate, apices usually acute;

distal sessile, blades 20–60(–80) × 9–16(–20) mm, bases rounded to auriculate.

sparsely hairy, bracts 0–3+.

densely lanate, bracts 1–8, elliptic, margins ciliolate, apices acute, puberulent.

campanulate, 5–10 mm.

campanulate, 6–10 mm.

15–40;

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

18–40;

corollas violet, laminae (8–)12–20 × 1–2(–2.5) mm.

30-80(–100);

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

35–80+;

corollas yellow, 6–9 mm, lobes triangular, 0.4–1 mm.

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.

in 4–6 series, oblanceolate (outer) to linear (inner), unequal, bases scarious (outer sometimes foliaceous), margins slightly scarious, entire, green zones obovate to elliptic, apices acute, faces densely lanate to cinereous.

in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays, branches usually few.

in paniculiform, very leafy arrays, branches 4–10(–20) cm.

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

pappi whitish, 5–7 mm.

brown, cylindric to obovoid, not compressed, 3.5–4.5 mm, 4–5-nerved, faces sparsely hairy;

pappi tawny, (6–)7–9 mm.

= 80.