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 (narrowly, if at all, winged) 10–35+ mm;

blades lance-ovate to lanceolate, (20–)35–100+ × 5–25+ mm, sometimes with 1–4 lobes near bases, bases cuneate, margins serrate, seldom ciliate, apices attenuate, faces glabrous.

10–40(–80) mm.

10–35+ mm.

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

usually cylindric to campanulate, rarely hemispheric, (4–)8–10(–12) × (4–)7–9 mm.

usually 0, sometimes 1–5;

laminae orange yellowish, 4–8 mm.

usually 0, sometimes 1–3+;

laminae yellow-orange, 2–5(–10) mm.

(5–)20–60(–150+);

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

7–30+;

corollas yellowish, 2.5–3.5 mm.

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

5–6, oblong to lance-ovate, 8–13 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 (2–)3–5 ± erect, oblanceolate to linear, ± foliaceous bractlets or bracts 7–25(–70+) mm, margins sometimes obscurely ciliate, abaxial faces glabrous.

borne singly or in 2s or 3s.

borne singly or 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 purplish or red-brown,± flattened, sometimes 3–4-angled, narrowly oblanceolate, outer 5.5–10 mm, inner 6.5–11 mm, margins barbed or ciliate (proximally antrorsely, distally retrorsely), apices ± truncate, faces ± 1-nerved, glabrous or sparsely setulose, often ± striate and/or tuberculate, pappi of 2–4(–5) erect to spreading, antrorsely or retrorsely barbed awns 3–4.5 mm.

= 48.

= 48.