Flora of North America species comparison

sessile or petioles 5–15(–35+) mm (± winged);

blades ± elliptic to ovate or lanceolate, 40–80(–150+) × 15–40(–60+) mm, sometimes laciniately 1-pinnatisect with 1–4+ lobes near bases, bases cuneate, margins entire or dentate to serrate, usually ciliate, apices acute to acuminate, faces glabrous or hirtellous.

petioles 10–40(–60) mm;

blades deltate to lance-ovate overall, 30–80(–100+) × 10–30(–80+) mm, usually 3-foliolate, leaflets petiolulate, lance-ovate to lanceolate, (10–)20–50(–100) × 5–20(–40) mm, bases cuneate, ultimate margins usually serrate, sometimes ciliate, apices acuminate to attenuate, faces glabrous or hirtellous.

10–40(–80) mm.

10–20(–50+) mm.

campanulate to hemispheric or broader, (4–)5–7(–12) × (3–)6–12(–15+) mm.

± hemispheric, 4–5(–7) × 4–6(–9) mm.

usually 0, sometimes 1–5;

laminae orange yellowish, 4–8 mm.

0.

(5–)20–60(–150+);

corollas pale yellow to orange, (2–)3–4 mm (gradually ampliate, anthers usually pale).

(10–)15–20+;

corollas ± orange, 1.5–2 mm.

(6–)7–8(–13), elliptic-ovate to lance-ovate, (4–)6–9(–12) mm.

5–7, oblong to lanceolate, 4–6+ mm.

of (2–)6–7(–10) ± spreading, oblanceolate or lanceolate to linear, ± foliaceous bractlets or bracts 7–35(–60) mm, margins (entire or serrate) sometimes sparsely ciliate, abaxial faces hispidulous near bases, distally glabrous.

of (3–)4(–5+) ± appressed, spatulate to linear, seldom foliaceous bractlets or bracts (3–)12–25 mm, margins seldom ciliate, abaxial faces usually glabrous.

borne singly or in 2s or 3s.

usually borne singly, sometimes in 2s or 3s.

blackish to purplish or brown, ± flattened, sometimes weakly 3(–4)-angled, usually cuneate to linear, outer (3–)6–7(–10) mm, inner (4–)6–9(–11) mm, margins proximally antrorsely to patently, distally retrorsely, barbed, apices ± truncate to concave, faces ± 1-nerved, usually smooth, seldom notably tuberculate, glabrous or sparsely strigillose;

pappi 0, or of (1–)3–3(–4+) ± erect to spreading, retrorsely barbed awns (0.2–)2–3(–6) mm.

blackish to red-brown or stramineous, ± flattened, linear to narrowly cuneate, outer 3–5 mm, inner 4–6+ mm, margins not distinctly ciliate, apices ± truncate to concave, faces ± tuberculate, antrorsely strigillose;

pappi of 2 ± erect, antrorsely barbed or smooth awns (0.2–)1–2.4 mm.

= 48.

= 24.