Flora of North America species comparison

sparsely to densely hairy (hairs spreading, to 1.5 mm) or glabrate.

(glaucous) mostly glabrous (leaves sometimes sparsely hairy abaxially).

mostly green to purplish.

green.

petioles 4–12 cm;

blades (1-) or 3-nerved, elliptic to lanceolate, 8–30 × 1–3 cm, bases attenuate, margins entire (usually ciliate).

petioles 4–26 cm;

blades 3- or 5-nerved, elliptic to lanceolate-ovate, 10–50 × 3–6.5 cm, bases broadly cuneate to rounded, margins usually serrate or dentate.

20–50+ cm.

10–40 cm.

paleae 8–11 mm, tips purple, slightly curved, usually rounded.

paleae 7–12 mm, tips orange to brownish purple-tipped, often incurved, sharp-pointed.

pink to reddish purple, laminae reflexed, 40–70 × 3–4 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy abaxially.

pink to purple, laminae spreading to reflexed, 35–80 × 3–7 mm, sparsely hairy abaxially.

5.5–6.7 mm, lobes usually purple.

8–9 mm, lobes purple to greenish (usually erect).

lanceolate to ovate, 7–12 × 1–4 mm.

lanceolate, 3–15 × 2–3(–5) mm.

tan to bicolored (with distal dark brown band), 2.5–5 mm, faces ± tuberculate, glabrous;

pappi to ca. 1 mm (major teeth 0–4).

tan, disc cypselae tan, banded, 4–5 mm, usually glabrous (ray cypselae sometimes hairy on angles);

pappi to 1.2 mm (teeth unequal).

subspheric, 15–30 × 20–30 mm.

conic to spheric, 15–30 × 15–40 mm.

= 22.

= 22.