Flora of North America species comparison

scabrellous to pilosulous, glabrescent.

glabrous.

mostly cauline;

blades lance-linear, 6–14(–20) cm × 7–15(–25) mm, l/w = 7–10(–18), abaxially scabrellous (hairs awl-shaped), resin-gland-dotted, adaxially scaberulous, glabrescent, resin-gland-dotted.

mostly cauline;

blades ± lanceolate, 10–25(–30+) cm × 15–35(–60+) mm, l/w = 5–7+, abaxially puberulous, not resin-gland-dotted, adaxially scabrellous, glabrescent, not resin-gland-dotted.

2–5 cm.

1–8(–15) mm.

± hemispheric, 11–15 × 11–15 mm.

broadly campanulate to hemispheric, 4–5+ × 4–5 mm.

50–100+.

15–25+.

(50–)60–70+ in 5–6 series, scabrellous (and resin-gland-dotted), margins ciliolate, the outer lance-ovate, 3–8+ mm, inner lanceolate, 12–15 mm, tips subulate to filiform.

30–45+ in 5–6 series, glabrescent, margins ciliolate, the outer lance-ovate, 1–3 mm, inner lance-oblong to oblong, 3.5–5 mm, tips rounded.

in ± corymbiform arrays.

in paniculiform-scorpioid arrays.

3–5 mm;

pappi fuscous to purplish, outer scales 25–30+, 0.5–1 mm, contrasting with 25–30+, 5–7 mm inner bristles.

3–3.5 mm;

pappi stramineous to whitish, outer scales 25–35, 0.8–1.1 mm, contrasting with 35–45+, 5–6+ mm inner bristles.

= 34.

= 34.