Flora of North America species comparison

petioles 5–20+ mm;

blades ± deltate to ovate overall, 40–75(–150) × 10–45(–130) mm, usually laciniately 1–2-pinnatisect, ultimate lobes (3–)5–7+, oblanceolate or lanceolate to linear, (5–)10–30(–80+) × (1–)4–8(–12+) mm, bases cuneate, ultimate margins incised, dentate, serrate, or entire, little, if at all, ciliate, apices acute to attenuate, faces glabrous or ± hirtellous to strigillose.

petioles 10–25 mm;

blades lanceolate to lance-linear, 40–160 × 3–30+ mm, bases cuneate, margins entire or laciniate to serrate or denticulate, minutely, if at all, ciliate, apices acuminate to attenuate, faces glabrous.

20–150 mm.

10–30(–60+) mm.

hemispheric or broader, 4–6(–8) × 6–12 mm.

narrowly campanulate to cylindric, 9–16 × 5–8(–12) mm.

(7–)8–9;

laminae golden yellow, 10–30 mm.

usually 0, sometimes 3–5+;

laminae yellowish, 2–10 mm.

40–60(–80+);

corollas yellow, 3–5 mm.

6–20(–30+);

corollas yellowish, 3–6 mm.

6–8(–10), oblong, 3–8 mm.

4–8+, ± oblong, 9–16 mm.

of (6–)8(–11), ascending to spreading, spatulate to linear, sometimes ± foliaceous bractlets or bracts 3–10(–18) mm, margins sometimes ciliate, abaxial faces glabrous.

of 3–5 usually spreading, narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate, sometimes foliaceous bractlets or bracts 10–30(–60) mm, margins entire, usually ciliate, abaxial faces usually glabrous.

usually in open, ± corymbiform arrays.

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

blackish or brown, flattened, narrowly cuneate, outer 3–6 mm, inner 5–9 mm (lengths mostly 2.5–4 times widths), margins antrorsely barbed or ciliate, apices ± truncate, faces obscurely 1-nerved, sometimes tuberculate, glabrous or sparsely hispidulous;

pappi of 2 erect, ± patently barbed awns or scales (0.4–)1–2.5(–4) mm.

red-brown, flattened, sometimes weakly 4-angled, narrowly cuneate to linear, outer 6–10 mm, inner 8–13 mm, margins evenly antrorsely strigillose, apices truncate, faces smooth or ± striate, ± evenly antrorsely strigillose;

pappi of 2(–4) erect to spreading, antrorsely barbed awns (2–)3–9 mm.

= 24.