Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent to erect, glabrous, hirsute, or puberulent.

erect, (unbranched) glabrous, eglandular.

mostly cauline; mostly alternate;

petioles 1–7 cm;

blades deltate-ovate, lance-ovate, or ovate, 2.5–14 × 1.8–13 cm, bases cordate to truncate or broadly cuneate, margins subentire to serrate, abaxial faces glabrate to hispid, not gland-dotted.

mostly basal; opposite (proximal) or alternate;

petioles obscure (intergrading with blades);

blades lanceolate to lance-linear or linear, 10–25 × 0.5–1.5 cm, bases cuneate, margins entire, faces glabrous, not gland-dotted (cauline 1–5 pairs, smaller).

9–50 cm.

5–10 cm.

hemispheric, 10–22 mm diam.

broadly hemispheric, 17–25 mm diam.

11–20;

laminae 12–23 mm.

12–17;

laminae 20–40 mm, (abaxial faces not gland-dotted).

30+;

corollas 4.5–5 mm, lobes usually reddish, sometimes yellow;

anthers dark, appendages dark (style branches usually reddish, rarely yellow).

100+;

corollas 6–6.5 mm, lobes yellow;

anthers dark, appendages yellowish or dark.

20–30, lanceolate, 8–17 × 1–3 mm, apices acute to long-attenuate, abaxial faces glabrous or ± hispid, not gland-dotted.

(green with purple veins) 25–30, ovate to lance-ovate, 8–16 × 3–5 mm, apices acuminate, abaxial faces usually glabrous, sometimes puberulent.

1–3.

1(–3).

2.5–3.2 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy;

pappi of 2 lanceolate or lance-linear scales 1.2–2.5 mm.

3 mm, glabrous;

pappi of 2 aristate scales 1.5–2 mm plus 2–4 erose scales 0.3–0.6 mm.

7.5–8 mm, apices 3-toothed (middle teeth acuminate, usually glabrous or hispid, sometimes ± villous or bearded).

8–9 mm, 3-toothed (middle teeth long-acuminate).

= 34.