Flora of North America species comparison

petioles 10–30(–70) mm;

blades either ovate to lanceolate, 30–70(–120) × 12–18(–45) mm, or 1-pinnately lobed, primary lobes 3–7, ovate to lanceolate [linear], (10–)25–80+ × (5–)10–40+ mm [blades 2(–3)-pinnatisect], bases truncate to cuneate, ultimate margins serrate or entire, usually ciliate, apices acute to attenuate, faces pilosulous to sparsely hirtellous or glabrate.

petioles 10–40(–60) mm;

blades deltate to lance-ovate overall, 30–80(–150+) × 20–60(–100+) mm, 3(–5)-foliolate, leaflets petiolulate, lanceolate to lance-ovate, (15–)35–60(–120) × (5–)10–20(–30) mm, bases cuneate, margins dentate to serrate, sometimes ciliate, apices acuminate to attenuate, faces glabrous or hirtellous.

10–20(–90) mm.

10–40(–80+) mm.

turbinate to campanulate, 5–6 × (6–)7–8 mm.

campanulate to hemispheric or broader, 6–9 × 7–12 mm.

0 or (3–)5–8+;

laminae whitish to pinkish [yellowish], 2–3 or 7–15+ mm.

0 or 1–3+;

laminae golden yellow, 2–3.5 mm.

20–40(–80+);

corollas yellowish, (2–)3–5 mm.

20–60(–120+);

corollas ± orange, 2.5–3+ mm.

(7–)8–9(–13), lanceolate to oblanceolate, 4–6 mm.

6–12, oblong or ovate to lance-ovate, 5–9 mm.

(6–)7–9(–13) ± appressed, spatulate to linear bractlets (3–)4–5 mm, margins ciliate, abaxial faces usually hispidulous to puberulent.

of (5–)8(–10) ascending to spreading, spatulate or oblanceolate to linear, sometimes ± foliaceous bractlets or bracts 5–20(–60) mm, margins usually ciliate, abaxial faces glabrous or hirtellous.

usually borne singly, sometimes in open, ± corymbiform arrays.

usually borne singly, sometimes in 2s or 3s or in open, corymbiform arrays.

outer red-brown, ± flat, linear to narrowly cuneate, (3–)4–5+ mm, margins antrorsely hispidulous, apices ± truncate or somewhat attenuate, faces obscurely 2-grooved, sometimes tuberculate-hispidulous;

inner blackish, ± equally 4-angled, linear-fusiform, 7–16 mm, margins antrorsely hispidulous, apices ± attenuate, faces 2-grooved, tuberculate-hispidulous to sparsely strigillose;

pappi 0, or of 2–3(–5), erect to divergent, retrorsely barbed awns (0.5–)2–4 mm.

blackish to brown or stramineous, ± obcompressed, obovate to cuneate, outer 5–7 mm, inner 7–10 mm, margins antrorsely or retrorsely barbed, apices ± truncate to concave, faces usually 1-nerved, sometimes tuberculate, glabrous or sparsely hirtellous;

pappi of 2 ± erect to spreading, antrorsely or retrorsely barbed awns 2–5 mm.

= 24, 36, 48, 72.

= 24, 48, 72.