Flora of North America species comparison

blade dark olive-green, elliptic to lanceolate, 5-21 × 1.5-6 cm, base cuneate, apex acute to acuminate.

sometimes appearing whorled at ends of branches.

2.5-5 cm diam.;

peduncle 1-11 cm;

bracteoles 3-6;

tepals 21-33, red-maroon, rarely white or pink, inner tepals ligulate;

stamens 25-50;

pistils 11-21.

erect to drooping;

peduncle smooth to rugulose;

perianth white, yellow, yellow-green, pink, or red to maroon, often glandular;

outer tepals often bractlike and reduced, sometimes ciliolate, inner tepals often much larger and ligulate, sometimes only slightly larger and broadly obtuse, innermost often reduced, sometimes transitional to stamens;

pistils orbicular to deltoid, styles narrow and acute, often recurved.

aggregates collectively 2.5-4 cm diam., usually with 10-15 pistils at maturity.

dark brown, woody to leathery at maturity;

peduncle sometimes thickened.

pale brown.

glossy, dark brown to tawny or golden.

= 13, 14.

= 26.