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 5–40 mm;

blades rounded-deltate to ovate overall, 20–50+ × 15–35+ mm, (1–)2–3-pinnatisect, ultimate lobes ± linear, (2–)5–15+ × (0.5–)2–3+ mm, bases ± cuneate, ultimate margins entire, sometimes ciliolate, apices acute to attenuate, faces usually glabrous, sometimes hispidulous.

10–40(–80) mm.

20–30(–80) mm.

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

campanulate to hemispheric or broader, (5–)6–7 × 4–8 mm.

usually 0, sometimes 1–5;

laminae orange yellowish, 4–8 mm.

0 or 3–6;

laminae yellow, 4–6 mm.

(5–)20–60(–150+);

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

(5–)12–20(–45);

corollas yellow, 2–3 mm.

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

8, lance-linear, 5–7 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 6–12 ± appressed, linear bractlets 5–7 mm, margins scabro-ciliate, abaxial faces usually pilosulous to hirsutulous, rarely 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.

outer red-brown, flat or weakly 4-angled, linear, 6–8 mm, margins not ciliate, apices somewhat attenuate, faces obscurely 2-grooved, often tuberculate, glabrous or ± strigillose;

inner similar, blackish (sometimes with pale tips), ± equally 4-angled, linear-fusiform, 8–15 mm, margins not ciliate, apices attenuate, faces 2-grooved, glabrous or, toward tips, strigillose;

pappi of 2(–3), spreading to divergent, retrorsely barbed awns (1–)1.5–3 mm.

= 48.