Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, 30–120(–150) cm, glabrous or puberulent.

ascending, 30–100(–150) cm, pubescent, hirsute, glabrescent, puberulent, sparsely hispid, or downy.

puberulent or glabrous;

proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1–2 mm wide;

distal 5–20 × 1 mm, margins entire.

puberulent and often hirsute;

proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1–3 mm wide;

distal 10–30 × 0.5–1.5 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed.

capitate spikes, 2–4-flowered, 15–20 mm;

bracts 1–3, flabelliform, 5–8 mm, margins 3–7-lobed, lobes green, narrowly ovate.

capitate spikes, 2–15-flowered;

bracts 5–10, 5–20 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed, lobes purplish black, ivory, or green distally, linear-lanceolate to linear or slightly spatulate.

bracteoles 8–10 mm, margins entire.

bracteoles 14–20 mm, margins entire or toothed.

calyx 8–10 mm, tube 0 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 0.5–1 mm;

corolla pale yellow to yellow with purple markings, 8–9 mm, throat 4 mm diam., adaxial lip 3–4 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial;

stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, unequal.

calyx 10–20 mm, tube 1–2 mm, apex entire or 2-fid, cleft 0–1 mm;

corolla pale yellow with purple veins and an abaxial, U-shaped, purple mark, 8–20 mm, throat 5–10 mm diam., abaxial lip 6–10 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial;

stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, subequal.

oblong-ovoid, 5–8 mm.

oblong-ovoid, 8–12 mm.

4–6, dark brown, ovoid to narrowly reniform, 2.5–3 mm, striate.

10–25, dark brown, oblong-ovoid, 1.5–2 mm, striate.

= 28.

= 28.