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Perennial plants with a hard root mass.

Basal leaves neither cordate nor borne on a distinct petiole, narrowed to the base.

Involucral bracts are not tipped with spines, do not have an involute tip, are not sericeous. Principal leaves are glabrous on both surfaces.

Not a saltmarsh plant.

Lobes of the disk corolla are flaring and recurved.

Disc flowers turn purple post anthesis. Capitulim has <15 rays.

We had hard rain last night, but despite that, my tiger beetle babies were fine. It did take a few hours in the warm sun before the second one had re-excavated its hole, but both were out and hoping for ants when I checked this afternoon.
As Cicindela sexguttata is the only tiger beetle I ever see around here (and they're common), that's my hypothesis for the species.