Flora of North America species comparison

(sometimes in 3s or 4s) sessile;

blades obovate or elliptic to lanceolate or linear, (20–)50–100(–160+) × (5–)10–25(–40+) mm, bases cuneate to rounded, margins usually coarsely dentate to serrate, sometimes ciliate, apices acute to acuminate, faces glabrous.

sessile or petioles 5–25 mm (± winged);

blades oblanceolate to linear, 15–40(–100+) × (3–)6–10(–15+) mm, bases cuneate, margins entire or ± serrate, sometimes ciliate, apices rounded or obtuse to attenuate, faces glabrous.

(10–)20–60 mm.

10–60 mm.

turbinate to hemispheric or broader, (4–)6–8(–10+) × 8–12+ mm.

usually ± campanulate to cylindric, sometimes ± hemispheric, 5–7(–9) × (4–)7–10 mm.

usually 7–8, rarely 0;

laminae orange-yellow, (10–)15–25(–30) mm.

0 or 3–7;

laminae pale yellow, 4–12 mm.

(25–)60–100(–150+);

corollas yellow to orange-yellow, 3–6.5 mm.

15–30(–60);

corollas yellow (often orange-tipped), 3–4 mm.

8–12, ovate or obovate to lance-oblong, (4–)6–8(–10+) mm (tips often orange to purplish, as are tips of paleae).

6–8(–12), oblong, 6–11 mm (tips usually yellow, as are tips of paleae).

of 5–7(–9+) erect or spreading to reflexed, oblanceolate or lanceolate to linear, often foliaceous bractlets or bracts (6–)10–12(–20+) mm, margins usually ciliate, abaxial faces glabrous or bases hispidulous.

of 2–3(–9) erect, oblanceolate to lance-linear (± foliaceous) bractlets or bracts (6–)10–20(–75+) mm, margins usually ciliolate, abaxial faces glabrous.

(erect at flowering, sometimes nodding in fruit) borne singly or in open, ± corymbiform arrays.

borne singly or in 2s or 3s.

blackish, red-brown, or stramineous, obcompressed, flattened or unequally 3–4-angled, ± cuneate, outer 6–8 mm, inner 8–10 mm, margins retrorsely ciliate or barbed, apices ± truncate to convex, faces ± 1-nerved, ± striate, glabrous;

pappi of 2–4 ± erect, retrorsely barbed awns 3–5 mm.

blackish to olive, flattened, narrowly cuneate, outer 4–9 mm, inner 5–10 mm, margins retrorsely barbed, apices ± truncate to convex, faces ± 1-nerved, ± striate, glabrous;

pappi of (2–)3–4 ± erect, retrorsely barbed awns 2–5 mm.

= 22, 24.