Flora of North America species comparison

erect, usually hispid.

erect, sparsely hispid.

mostly cauline; mostly alternate;

petioles 2–20 cm;

blades lance-ovate to ovate, 10–40 × 5–40 cm, bases cuneate to subcordate or cordate, margins serrate, abaxial faces usually ± hispid, sometimes gland-dotted.

mostly cauline; mostly alternate;

petioles 1.2–5 cm;

blades ovate to lance-ovate, 4.5–13 × 1–4 cm, bases cuneate, margins entire, abaxial faces sparsely hispid, not gland-dotted.

2–20 cm.

4–9 cm.

hemispheric or broader, 15–40(–200+) mm diam.

hemispheric, 20–27 mm diam.

(13–)17–30(–100+);

laminae 25–50 mm.

7–12;

laminae 18–37 mm.

150+(–1000+);

corollas 5–8 mm (throats ± bulbous at bases), lobes usually reddish, sometimes yellow;

anthers brownish to black, appendages yellow or dark (style branches yellow).

25+;

corollas 6.8–7.5 mm, lobes reddish;

anthers dark, appendages dark (style branches reddish).

20–30(–100+), ovate to lance-ovate, 13–25 × (3–)5–8 mm, (margins usually ciliate) apices abruptly narrowed, long-acuminate, abaxial faces usually hirsute to hispid, rarely glabrate or glabrous, usually gland-dotted.

11–23, laceolate to lance-linear or lance-ovate, 17–33 × 1–2.9 mm (notably surpassing discs), (margins ± ciliate) apices attenuate, abaxial faces usually sparsely hispid to hispidulous.

1–9.

usually borne singly.

(3–)4–5(–15) mm, glabrate;

pappi of 2 lanceolate scales 2–3.5 mm plus 0–4 obtuse scales 0.5–1 mm.

4.6–9 mm, appressed hairy;

pappi of 2 linear scales 2–4.5 mm plus 4–6 scales 1–3.5 mm.

9–11 mm, 3-toothed (middle teeth long-acuminate, glabrous or hispid).

7–8 mm, apices 3-toothed (middle teeth attenuate, apices purplish, ± hispid).

= 34.

= 34.