Flora of North America species comparison

glabrous or glabrate.

puberulent, glabrescent.

mostly cauline;

blades filiform, 5–9+ cm × 1–3+ mm, l/w = 25–50+, abaxially glabrate (pitted, awl-shaped hairs in pits), adaxially puberulent, glabrescent (sometimes pitted).

mostly cauline;

blades ± lanceolate, 12–25+ cm × 20–60+ mm, l/w = (3.5–)4–7+, abaxially scabrellous (hairs awl-shaped), sometimes glabrescent, not or sparsely resin-gland-dotted, adaxially strigillose, glabrescent, not resin-gland-dotted.

6–20+ mm.

1–12(–20+) mm.

narrowly campanulate, 7–9(–10+) × 4–5+ mm.

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

10–12+.

(9–)18–24(–30).

30–40+ in 5–6+ series, sparsely tomentose, glabrescent, margins arachno-ciliolate, the outer lanceolate to subulate, 1–3 mm, inner oblong to lanceolate, 5–7+ mm, tips acute.

30–40+ in 4–5 series, glabrate, margins ciliolate, the outer lance-ovate, 1–2 mm, inner oblong, 3.5–5 mm, tips acute or rounded-apiculate.

in corymbiform arrays.

in corymbiform-scorpioid arrays.

3–4 mm;

pappi fuscous to purplish, outer scales 25+, 0.1–0.5 mm, contrasting with 35+, 6–7+ mm inner bristles.

2.5–3.5 mm;

pappi usually purplish, sometimes stramineous, outer scales 20–25, 0.5–1 mm, contrasting with 35–40+, 4.5–6+ mm inner bristles.

= 34.

= 34.