Flora of North America species comparison

basal and cauline or cauline;

petiolar bases 5–15 cm;

blades oblanceolate to lanceolate, 5–15 cm × 5–30(–40) mm, margins raggedly pinnately lobed to toothed or entire, faces scabrellous and/or sparsely to densely villous (hairs jointed).

basal and cauline;

petiolar bases 0–3+ cm;

blades ovate to lanceolate, 3–8 cm × 5–25 mm, (bases of distal usually clasping) margins of proximal often lobed or toothed, of distal usually entire, rarely lobed, faces sparsely hispidulous.

(5–)20–35+ cm.

5–20 cm.

(6–)12–18+;

corollas yellow or yellow/purple, rarely tubular and 5-lobed, usually distally laminate and 3-lobed, 15–35+ mm.

5–13;

corollas proximally reddish or orange to yellow, distally orange to yellow, 10–20 mm.

60–120+;

corollas usually purple or purple-tipped, sometimes yellow, tubes 0.5–1.5 mm, throats cylindric to urceolate, 4.5–5.5 mm, lobes lance-ovate to triangular-attenuate, 1–2 mm, jointed hairs 0.3+ mm.

40–100+;

corollas proximally yellow or reddish, distally reddish or yellow, tubes 0.6–1 mm, throats campanulate, 3–4 mm, lobes deltate, 1–1.2 mm, jointed hairs to 0.3 mm.

24–40+ ovate to lance-attenuate, 10–15+ mm, ciliate with jointed hairs (also strigose and gland-dotted).

14–22, lanceolate-acuminate to lanceolate-attenuate, 5–12+ mm, closely hispidulous strigillose, not ciliate with jointed hairs.

clavate (outer) to obpyramidal (inner), 2.5–6 mm, hairs 1.5–2.5 mm, inserted at bases;

pappi of 8 ovate to lanceolate, aristate scales 5–6 mm (scarious bases 1.5–3 × 0.4–1.5 mm).

obpyramidal, 1–3 mm, hairs 1–3 mm, inserted at bases;

pappi of 8–9 ovate to lanceolate, aristate scales 2–5+ mm (scarious bases 1–2.5 × 0.4–1 mm).

setae 2–6 mm.

setae 2–4 mm.

= 34, 68.

= 34.