Flora of North America species comparison

1–4, green throughout to often purple-red-tinted proximally to purple-red-tinted throughout, branched distally, glabrous or ± hairy.

1–5(–10+), green throughout or lightly purple-red-tinted proximally, branched distally, ± hairy.

blades simple, glabrous or ± hairy, gland-dotted;

mid leaves simple.

blades simple or lobed (lobes 3), glabrous or sparsely hairy, gland-dotted (basal leaf bases sparsely, if at all, long-villous-woolly);

mid leaves usually lobed (lobes 3, terminal lobes 2–5.5 mm wide), sometimes simple.

3–16 cm, ± hairy, tomentose distally near involucres.

(2.5–)4–7.5 cm, ± hairy.

hemispheric to broadly campanulate, 12–17 × 19–26 mm.

subhemispheric to hemispheric, 9–12 × 12–18 mm.

14–26;

corollas usually yellow-orange to orange, 21–45 × 4.2–8.5 mm.

10–16;

corollas yellow to yellow-orange, 17–31 × 5–11 mm.

100–325+;

corollas 4.2–5.4 mm.

50–150+;

corollas 3.5–5.5 mm.

in 2 series, subequal;

outer 16–24, basally connate 1/4–1/3 their lengths, ovate to lanceolate, 11–16 mm, apices acute;

inner 20–26, obovate to elliptic, 7.5–8.5 mm, apices acuminate to acute.

in 2 series, unequal;

outer 10–15, basally connate 1/4–1/3 their lengths (weakly keeled), lanceolate, 7.5–11 mm, apices acuminate;

inner 13(–17), obovate, 5–8 mm, apices acuminate to mucronate.

1–12 per plant, in paniculiform to corymbiform arrays.

5–50+ per plant, in paniculiform to corymbiform arrays.

obpyramidal to narrowly obpyramidal, 3.5–4.5 mm;

pappi of 5–7 lanceolate to lanceolate-acuminate scales 2.9–4.1 mm.

narrowly obpyramidal, 2.5–3.5 mm;

pappi of 5–7 obovate to lanceolate, aristate scales 2.5–4 mm.

= 30.

= 30.