Flora of North America species comparison

usually hairy (hairs spreading to ascending, to 2 mm), sometimes glabrous.

sparsely to densely hairy (indument relatively soft, hairs spreading, to 2+ mm).

usually brownish green.

yellowish green becoming tan.

petioles 0–17(–25) cm;

blades 3- or 5-nerved, ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 5–30 × (1–)5–12 cm, bases usually rounded to cordate, margins usually serrate to dentate, rarely entire.

petioles 2–10 cm;

blades 1- or 3-nerved, linear to lanceolate, 6–12 × 0.7–1.5 cm, bases attenuate, margins entire (usually ciliate).

8–25 cm.

8–25+ cm.

paleae 9–15 mm, tips red-orange, straight or slightly curved, sharp-pointed.

paleae 9–12 mm, tips purple, 2–3 mm, often incurved, rounded to acute.

pink to purple, laminae spreading to recurved, 30–80 × 7–19 mm, sparsely hairy abaxially.

pink to purplish, laminae spreading to reflexed, 20–40 × 3–4 mm, moderately hairy abaxially.

4.5–5.7 mm, lobes greenish to pink or purple.

5.5–6.5 mm, lobes usually purple.

linear to lanceolate, 8–17 × 1–8 mm.

lanceolate to ovate, 5–10 × 1.5–2.5 mm.

off-white, 3.5–5 mm, usually glabrous (ray cypselae sometimes hairy on angles);

pappi ca. 1.2 mm (teeth equal).

tan, 4–5 mm, faces smooth, glabrous;

pappi to ca. 1.2 mm (major teeth 0–4).

conic, 14–45 × 20–40 mm.

conic, 10–25 × 15–25 mm.

= 22.

= 22.