“... The inflorescence is open to dense, with the 4.5-5.5 mm bell-shaped involucre, with 5 deep ray flowers
and 6 disc flowers having yellow corollas and black ... ”
“... of numerous, slender, flexible, silvery-white bristles (the “pappus”), which elongates at achene maturity to
10-12 mm long, much longer than the involucre. ... ”
“... cornuta in habit, leaf shape, the presence of glandular hairs, form and size of the involucre, geography,
and other features, summarized in the contrast below. ... ”
“... The flowers do have not true petals, but rather each flower is subtended by an involucre bract 1-3 cm
long that is white, often tinged reddish. ... ”