Flora of North America species comparison

± pannose.

tomentose to pannose.

mostly cauline;

blades linear, 5–8 cm × 2–4 mm, l/w = 17–25(–40), abaxially densely sericeo-tomentose, adaxially usually glabrate, sometimes sparsely arachno-tomentose.

mostly cauline;

blades linear, 5–9(–12+) cm × 3–5(–8+) mm, l/w = 16–32, abaxially tomentose, adaxially densely sericeo-tomentose.

5–35 mm.

10–60 mm.

± obconic to campanulate, 6–10 × 5–8 mm.

± hemispheric, 8–12 × 7–12 mm.

12–24+.

40–50+.

40–50+ in 5–6+ series, sericeo-tomentose, including margins, the outer lance-ovate, 1–2 mm, the inner lanceolate to lance-linear, 6–7(–9+) mm, tips acute.

50–60+ in 5–6+ series, sericeo-tomentose to pannose, including margins, the outer lance-deltate, 1–3 mm, the inner lanceolate, 7–11+ mm, tips acute.

in corymbiform arrays.

in corymbiform arrays.

3–4 mm;

pappi stramineous to purplish, outer scales 20+, 0.6–1.1 mm, contrasting with 20+, 6–7+ mm inner bristles.

3.5–4+ mm;

pappi stramineous, outer subulate scales or bristles 20+, 0.6–1.5+ mm, intergrading with 30+, 6–7+ mm inner subulate scales or bristles.

= 34.

= 34.