Flora of North America species comparison

sparsely to densely hairy (hairs spreading).

sparsely to densely hairy (hairs appressed to ascending).

mostly green to purplish.

usually yellowish green (usually not branched).

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 0–15 cm;

blades (3-) or 5-nerved, usually linear or lanceolate, rarely ovate, 5–35 × 0.5–2(–2.5) cm, bases usually attenuate, margins entire (usually ciliate).

20–40+ cm.

(2–)10–30 cm.

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

paleae 10–14 mm, tips red to orange, often incurved, sharp-pointed.

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

yellow (var. paradoxa) or pinkish to white (var. neglecta), laminae reflexed, 30–70 × 3–8 mm, sparsely hairy abaxially.

5–6.5 mm, lobes pink to purplish.

4.5–6.2 mm, lobes pinkish to yellowish.

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

lanceolate to ovate, 7–12 × 1–4 mm.

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

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

tan or bicolored (with distal dark brown band), 4–5.5 mm, faces ± tuberculate, usually glabrous (angles of ray cypselae hairy distally in var. neglecta);

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

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

ovoid to conic, 2–3.5 × 2–3.5 cm.

= 22.