Flora of North America species comparison

erect, usually hispid to ± hirsute.

(reddish or purplish) erect, hairy.

mostly basal; mostly opposite;

petioles 0–3 cm (broadly winged);

blades (3-nerved distal to bases) ovate or lanceolate to spatulate, 6–28 × 1.2–4.3 cm, bases cuneate, margins entire (often revolute), abaxial faces hispid to ± hirsute, not gland-dotted (cauline leaves relatively few, narrowly lanceolate to linear, much smaller).

cauline; all or mostly opposite;

petioles 0–3 cm;

blades (1- or 3-nerved) lanceolate to lance-ovate, 5–11 × 2–3.5 cm, bases cuneate, margins entire or serrate, abaxial faces hispid, gland-dotted.

10–15 cm.

2.5–30 cm.

broadly hemispheric, 15–25 mm diam.

hemispheric, 13–20 mm diam.

12–18;

laminae 14–36 mm (abaxial faces not gland-dotted).

13–21;

laminae 15–25 mm (abaxial faces gland-dotted).

100+;

corollas 5.5–6.5 mm, lobes reddish;

anthers purplish, apendages purplish (style branches usually reddish).

50+;

corollas 5–6 mm, lobes reddish;

anthers reddish brown, appendages yellow or dull orange (style branches yellow).

24–30, lanceolate to lance-ovate, 8–13 × 2–5 mm, (margins sometimes ciliate) apices acute to short-acuminate or acuminate, abaxial faces sparsely hispid to glabrate.

20–25, lanceolate, 4–8 × 1.5–3 mm, (margins ciliate) apices acute, abaxial faces hispidulous, gland-dotted.

1–3(–5).

1–5.

4–5 mm, glabrate;

pappi of 2 aristate scales 1.7–2.5 mm plus 1–3 deltate scales 0.5–1.5 mm.

3–4 mm, glabrate;

pappi of 2 aristate scales 2.5–3 mm.

7–9 mm, 3-toothed (apices purplish).

8–9 mm, subentire to weakly 3-toothed (apices acute, ciliate, gland-dotted).

= 34.

= 34.