florets with pink rays, 5-10 mm (0.2-0.4 in) long, 

 1.5 mm (0.06 in) wide. Bracts beneath the heads 

 are in two or several series. These are green, 

 with a dark colored strip down the middle, and may 

 be purple dotted on the outer surface; the inner 

 series have membrane-like edges. The beak of the 

 achene (seed) is shorter than the length of the 

 body. Achenes are roundish with 10 ribs on the 

 body and 6-8 mm (0.2-0.3 in) long. The body 

 tapers gradually into a beak, 4.2-6.6 mm (0.1-0.2 

 in) long. Very white, capillary bristles top the 

 beak. Plants flower in July and August (rarely 

 June) , depending on elevation and climate. 

 (Adapted from Henderson et al. 1990.) 



TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: From Henderson et al, 

 (1990), "Plants perennial herbs with simple or 

 branched caudex and a slender taproot, producing a 

 basal rosette and 1-3 scapes. Leaves thin, 

 oblanceolate, (4)6-20(27) cm long, 0.7-2.2(3.1) cm 

 wide; blade margins entire to rarely distantly 

 toothed, both surfaces glabrous, the apex acute, 

 slightly revolute, with a purple mucro, the base 

 attenuate; petiole broadly to narrowly winged, 1/3 

 to 1/2 the length of the leaf, sheathing at the 

 base, the margins villous with spreading 

 multicellular hairs with clear cross-walls. Scape 

 6-29 cm high, villous at base, becoming tomentose 

 below the solitary head. Involucre campanulate 

 remaining so in fruit, 1.1-1.9 cm long in flower, 

 up to 2.5 cm long in fruit; phyllaries mostly 

 imbricate in 3-4 series, light green with a dark 

 purple median stripe and light to heavy purple 

 mottling, the inner lanceolate, acute, with white 

 scarious margins, the outer similar or slightly 

 broader and obtuse, densely villous basally, less 

 so towards apex, the trichomes eglandular, 

 translucent or occasionally with some purple 

 pigment. Receptacle slightly convex, up to 7 mm 

 broad, chaffy, foveolate. Flowers all ligulate, 

 perfect, 50-70 per head, pink at anthesis, drying 

 to deep pink; ligules 5-10 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, 

 5-toothed, glabrous distally, pubescent proximally 

 with few, multicellular hairs; tube 6 . 5 mm long; 

 anthers 1.2-1.8 mm long, the apical appendages 

 lanceolate, 0.2-0.3 mm long; style column 8-9 mm 

 long, purple, scabrous; style branches 0.4-0.8 mm 

 long, stigmatic for entire length, the abaxial 

 surface scabrous, the apex rounded. Achenes 

 terete, the body 6-8 mm long, 10-ribbed, minutely 

 scabrous on the ribs, glabrous to sparsely 

 pubescent with short unicellular hairs between the 



