Flora of North America species comparison

sparsely to densely hairy (hairs spreading).

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

mostly green to purplish.

green.

petioles 4–20 cm;

blades (1-), 3-, or 5-nerved, linear to lanceolate, 5–40 × 0.5–4 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.

20–40+ cm.

10–40 cm.

paleae 10–14 mm, tips pinkish to purple, incurved, sharp-pointed.

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

rose to pink or white, laminae drooping to reflexed, 40–90 × 4–7 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy abaxially.

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

5–6.5 mm, lobes pink to purplish.

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

lanceolate to ovate, 7–15 × 1.5–3.5 mm.

lanceolate, 3–15 × 2–3(–5) mm.

tan, 3–4.5 mm, faces smooth, usually glabrous, sometimes (rays) hairy;

pappi to ca. 1 mm (usually without major teeth).

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

pappi to 1.2 mm (teeth unequal).

conic to hemispheric, 20–30 × 20–30 mm.

conic to spheric, 15–30 × 15–40 mm.

= 22.

= 22.