Flora of North America species comparison

± erect;

internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± villous.

± erect;

internodes 6–8(–25) mm, ± strigose.

basal and cauline, ± spatulate, 7–10(–20) × 1.5–2(–4) mm little, it at all, fleshy, faces ± villous or sericeous.

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

± urceolate, 6–12(–16) mm diam.

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

12–30+;

corollas white to pinkish adaxially, laminae 3–12 mm, abaxially usually glandular-puberulent, sometimes glabrous.

15–55+;

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

16–30+;

corollas 4–5+ mm.

(60–)100–150+;

corollas (3.5–)4–5+ mm.

16–24+ in 3–4 series, the longer lance-ovate to lanceolate, 6–8(–9) mm (l/w = 4–7), apices usually acute, sometimes attenuate, abaxial faces ± villous to strigillose.

(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.

± sessile.

at tips of ± leafy stems.

2.5–4 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform or forked;

pappi readily falling, of 14–30 subulate to setiform scales 4.5–6+ mm (± connate basally).

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.