Flora of North America species comparison

often highly branched, branches not notably thickened distally.

1–50, erect, sometimes branched near bases, sometimes densely woolly among proximal leaves.

all basal-proximal (new leaves not tightly clustered);

blades spatulate to oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate or linear, entire or with 2 teeth or lobes, sparsely to densely hairy, ± gland-dotted.

12–40 cm, ± hairy.

5–10 × 7–12 mm.

12–26;

corollas 7.4–22 mm.

25–180+;

corollas yellow, 2.5–3.5 mm.

8–16, 3.8–6.6 mm, margins 0–0.2(–0.4) mm wide, sometimes to often slightly scarious, abaxial faces ± hairy.

1–50 per plant, borne singly or in fastigiate arrays.

2–3 mm;

pappi of 5–7 obovate to oblanceolate, aristate scales 1.6–2.3 mm.