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(–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.

10–40(–80) mm.

10–40(–80+) mm.

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

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

usually 0, sometimes 1–5;

laminae orange yellowish, 4–8 mm.

0 or 1–3+;

laminae golden yellow, 2–3.5 mm.

(5–)20–60(–150+);

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

20–60(–120+);

corollas ± orange, 2.5–3+ mm.

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

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

borne singly or in 2s or 3s.

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

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 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.

= 48.

= 24, 48, 72.