Flora of North America species comparison

± erect;

internodes 6–8(–25) mm, ± strigose.

erect;

internodes (5–)10–15(–35) mm, strigillose.

basal and cauline, blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 15–60(–120+) × 2–6(–10) mm (margins strigoso-ciliate), faces usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely strigillose.

basal and cauline, blades spatulate to oblanceolate or lance-linear, 15–45(–75+) × 2–10(–20) mm, not fleshy (margins strigoso-ciliolate), glabrous or glabrate.

hemispheric or broader, (8–)12–25+ mm diam.

± hemispheric or broader, 12–18+ mm diam.

15–55+;

corollas usually blue adaxially, laminae 12–20 mm, glabrous abaxially.

20–34+;

corollas usually white or pinkish adaxially (abaxially blue to lavender), laminae 10–15(–25+) mm, glabrous abaxially.

(60–)100–150+;

corollas (3.5–)4–5+ mm.

80–150+;

corollas 4 mm.

(30–)60–80+ in (4–)5–6+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, (7–)12–13+ mm (l/w = 3–5), apices acute to attenuate (most hard, apiculate), abaxial faces sparsely strigillose or glabrous.

30–45 in 4–6+ series, the longer obovate to lance-ovate or lanceolate, 10–12(–14) mm (l/w = 3–5), apices obtuse to acute (some or all hard, ± apiculate), abaxial faces sparsely strigillose or glabrous.

at tips of ± leafy stems.

at tips of stems (seldom surpassed by leaves).

3–4+ mm, faces ± hairy, hair tips forked or glochidiform;

pappi persistent;

on ray cypselae each a corona 0.1–0.5 mm;

on disc cypselae each of 8–12+ lanceolate scales 0.5–1 mm plus 1–2+ subulate to setiform scales 1–4 mm.

3–4(–5) mm, faces glabrous or ± stipitate-glandular, hair tips not forked or glochidiform;

pappi persistent, each a bidentate corona 0.1–0.4(–0.8) mm.

= 18.