|  | NOT [plants with a well-developed
        taproot; and  either densely caespitose, seldom more than 5 cm tall, the
        heads sessile among the leaves,  or with stout, simple stems, 5-15 (25)
        cm tall, heads solitary, involucres 2-4 cm wide, bracts ciliate to
        pectinate or fimbriate, rays blue and achenes densely pubescent, obovate
        to triangular] (FOA) | 
      |  | plants NOT scented; NOT [plants usually
        somewhat scented] | 
      |  | juice watery; NOT milky | 
      |  | leaves alternate or basal; NOT [leaves
        opposite] | 
      |  | NOT [basal leaves mostly 1-6 cm long,
        linear to oblanceolate or spatulate, forming a dense rosette] (FOA) | 
      |  | leaves entire; NOT
        [leaves much divided into narrow segments] (BF) | 
      |  | leaves oblanceolate, crenate-serrate to
        lobed; NOT [leaves pinnately dissected or linear with margins serrulate
        or pectinate] (FOA) | 
      |  | heads solitary on stem; NOT [heads
        several to a stem] | 
      |  | heads 25-50 mm across; NOT [heads less
        than 25 mm across] | 
      |  | flower heads with both tubular and ray
        florets | 
      |  | ligulate florets pistillate or neuter;
        NOT [ligulate florets perfect] | 
      |  | ray florets white | 
      |  | receptacle naked, without chaffy scales | 
      |  | stamens united to form a tube around the
        pistil | 
      |  | pappus a short crown or none; NOT [pappus
        composed of numerous hairs]; NOT [pappus composed of bristly scales or
        with 2-4 slender bristles] |