Marshallia ramosa Beadle & F.E.Boynton

Plants 20–60 cm. Leaves basal and cauline; basal petiolate; blades 3-nerved, linear, 6–18 cm × 2–7 mm. Heads (2–)4–10(–20), 10–25 mm diam. Peduncles 6–12 cm. Phyllaries 5–8 × 1.5–2 mm, (margins often winged proximally) apices obtuse to acute, often mucronulate. Paleae ± linear, apices obtuse, mucronulate to ± subulate. Corollas usually white, sometimes pale lavender, lobes 4–6 × 1 mm. Pappi: scales margins entire or denticulate. 2n = 18.