Flora of North America species comparison

few to many, erect to ascending, unbranched or branched distally, glabrate proximally, hairy distally, hairs sparse, spreading to erect, long, soft, eglandular, rarely stipitate-glandular.

many, ascending, white or grayish due to hairs branched, much-branched proximally, unbranched to sometimes branched on distal 1/2, also usually with short axillary branches, base often shrubby and with marcescent leaves of previous year, hairs dense, appressed to spreading, medium length, soft, much-branched, eglandular, white-woolly, obscuring surface.

green, sometimes red-purplish, lanceolate-linear to lanceolate, elliptic-ovate, or ovate, (1.2–)3.5–10 cm, not fleshy, margins plane, sometimes ± wavy, flat to slightly involute, 0(–3)-lobed, apex acuminate to acute;

lobes ascending, lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate.

whitish or grayish, linear to narrowly lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 0.9–5 cm, not fleshy, margins plane, involute, 0–3-lobed, apex obtuse to rounded;

lobes divergent, spreading, linear, apex acuminate to acute.

3.5–18 × 2–6.5 cm;

bracts proximally green, distally yellow, pale yellow, whitish, yellow-green, or pale orange, often aging reddish or pink, lanceolate, elliptic, ovate, oblanceolate, or oblong to narrowly obovate, (0–)3–5-lobed;

lobes ascending, linear to oblong, short, arising above mid length, apex acute to obtuse.

2.5–20 × 1.5–3 cm;

bracts proximally green to dull pale purplish, distally red, scarlet, rose, yellow, orange, or cream, sometimes pink or white, lanceolate to oblanceolate, (0–)3–5-lobed;

lobes spreading, or distal ones erect, often oblanceolate, if 5-lobed, distal lobes usually very shallow, long or distal short, proximal bracts arising below mid length, distal ones arising near apex, apex rounded to truncate.

straight or slightly curved, 18–28 mm;

tube 16–19 mm;

beak partially to completely exserted, abaxial lip not exserted;

beak adaxially green, 6–13 mm;

abaxial lip deep green, reduced, inconspicuous, 1–2 mm, ca. 20% as long as beak;

teeth incurved, deep green or white, 0.5–1 mm.

straight or slightly curved, 16–27 mm;

tube (8–)10–12(–14) mm;

beak exserted or partially so, adaxially green, (7–)8.5–14 mm;

abaxial lip deep green, reduced, 1–3 mm, 20–33% as long as beak;

teeth incurved, reduced, green, 0.5 mm.

colored as bracts, 15–28 mm;

abaxial cleft 12–16 mm, adaxial 8–11.5 mm, clefts 40–50% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral 4–10 mm, 20–35% of calyx length;

lobes oblong to lanceolate, apex acute to obtuse or rounded.

proximally green, apices colored as bracts, 14–20(–22) mm;

abaxial and adaxial clefts 3.5–7(–9) mm, 33–40% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral 0(–1) mm, 0(–7)% of calyx length;

lobes broadly triangular, apex of lobes and segments broadly rounded to truncate, segments, if present, obtuse.

= ca. 96.

= 24.