Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent to erect;

internodes 5–20+ mm, strigose.

± erect;

internodes 0.1–1(–2) mm, strigose.

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

basal and cauline, blades ± spatulate to oblanceolate, 10–35+ × 2–5+ mm, not fleshy, faces usually ± strigose, sometimes glabrous.

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

hemispheric to campanulate, 8–15 mm diam.

25–40+;

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

13–21+;

corollas usually white, sometimes pink or blue, adaxially, laminae 6–12 mm, abaxially usually glandular-puberulent, sometimes glabrous.

80–120+;

corollas 3.5–5 mm.

30–60+;

corollas 3.5–5.5 mm.

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.

18–32 in 3–4+ series, the longer ± oblanceolate, 6–9 mm (l/w = 3–5), glabrate, or sparsely strigillose, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces glabrous.

at tips of stems (usually surpassed by leaves).

usually on scapiform peduncles 5–60+ mm, sometimes sessile.

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.

4.5 mm, faces glabrous or hairy at bases, hair tips glochidiform;

pappi persistent;

on ray cypselae 24–30+ subulate to setiform scales 5–6 mm;

on disc cypselae 24–30+ subulate to setiform scales 5.5–6.6 mm.

= 18.

= 18, 36.