Flora of North America species comparison

± erect;

internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± pilose.

decumbent to erect;

internodes 5–20+ mm, strigose.

basal and cauline, blades narrowly oblanceolate to lance-linear, 5–40+ × 0.6–2.5+ mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigoso-sericeous to strigose.

basal and cauline, blades oblanceolate to lance-linear, 20–45(–60+) × 2–4(–6+) mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigose.

± campanulate, 7–10 mm diam.

± campanulate to hemispheric, 12–15(–20+) mm diam.

13–21+;

corollas white adaxially, laminae 4–8+ mm, glandular-puberulent abaxially.

25–40+;

corollas white or purplish adaxially, laminae 9–18 mm, abaxially usually glabrous, sometimes glandular-puberulent.

40–60+;

corollas (3.5–)4.5–6 mm.

80–120+;

corollas 3.5–5 mm.

25–50+ in 4–5+ series, the longer narrowly lanceolate, 6–8+ mm (l/w = 5–6), apices acute, abaxial faces sparsely strigillose or glabrate.

40–44 in 4–5+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, 5–9+ mm (l/w = 2.5–5), apices acute to attenuate (soft, not apiculate), abaxial faces strigose.

± sessile.

at tips of stems (usually surpassed by leaves).

3–3.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform;

pappi persistent;

on ray cypselae 15–35 subulate to setiform scales 0.5–1.5 or 4–5 mm;

on disc cypselae 15–35 subulate to setiform scales 4–6.5 mm.

3.5–4 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform;

pappi persistent;

on ray cypselae ± 20 lanceolate to subulate scales 0.5–0.8(–2+) mm;

on disc cypselae 16–24 subulate to setiform scales 5 mm.

= 18.