Proximal leaves elliptic to obovate (ovate), acute or obtuse, with narrowly attenuate bases; distal cauline leaves quickly reduced, ascending to appresse
-ludoviciana
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heads congested at tips of lateral branches, inflorescences not densely leafy; involucres 4-5 mm high; leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, margins entire or inconspicuously toothed; rays white and drying lavender and >20, stems mostly glabrous, rhizomatous perennial, phyllaries not subulate tipped, disc flowers 4-6 mm long