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) 5–20(–35+) mm;

blades lanceolate to lance-linear, (20–)30–50(–80+) × (3–)6–20(–30+) mm, sometimes laciniately 1-pinnatisect with 2–4+ lobes near bases, bases cuneate, margins incised to serrate, seldom ciliate, apices acute to attenuate, faces glabrous.

10–40(–80) mm.

10–35(–55) mm.

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

usually obconic to broadly campanulate, rarely hemispheric, (4–)6–7 × (4–)5–7 mm.

usually 0, sometimes 1–5;

laminae orange yellowish, 4–8 mm.

usually 0, sometimes 1–3+;

laminae orange yellowish, 2–5(–10) mm.

(5–)20–60(–150+);

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

(7–)20–70+;

corollas yellowish, 2.5–3.5 mm.

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

(4–)5–8,oblong to lance-ovate, (4–)5–8+ 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(–7) ± erect, oblanceolate or spatulate to linear, ± foliaceous bractlets or bracts (6–)10–25(–40+) mm, margins rarely ciliate, abaxial faces usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hispidulous.

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.

outer red-brown, ± flattened, sometimes 3–4-angled, broadly cuneate, 4–5(–6) mm, inner blackish, narrowly cuneate, (5–)6–7(–8+) mm, margins glabrous or sparsely antrorsely strigillose,apices ± truncate to convex, faces ± 1-nerved, glabrous or sparsely setulose, usually smooth, sometimes ± tuberculate;

pappi 0, or of 2(–4) spreading to divergent, antrorsely or retrorsely barbed awns (0.1–)1–3.5+ mm.

= 48.

= 48.