Flora of North America species comparison

usually erect or ascending, occasionally decumbent, leafy mostly in proximal 2/3 of plant, openly forked distally, 4–15 dm, basally usually glabrous or puberulent in 2 lines, rarely spreading-pubescent; distally stems usually puberulent in 2 lines, occasionally glabrate, rarely spreading glandular-pubescent.

erect or ascending, sparsely to moderately leafy mostly in proximal 2/3, narrowly forked, usually with main axis, 5–20 dm, glabrous, glandular-puberulent, or puberulent with curved hairs, when pubescent, hairs usually densest distally.

ascending at 45–80°, abruptly reduced to inflorescence;

petiole 0.2–2 cm;

blade green, ovate-lanceolate to ovate or triangular, 3–10 × 2–6.5 cm, usually ± thin, base obtuse, round, truncate, or cordate, apex acute to acuminate, rarely rounded, surfaces usually glabrous, sometimes puberulent or sparsely hispidulous.

strongly ascending at 5–25°, progressively reduced toward inflorescence;

petiole 0–1.3 cm;

blade glaucous or grayish green, linear to narrowly ovate or ovate-oblong, 5–10 × 0.2–7.5 cm, thick and somewhat coriaceous, base attenuate to obtuse, round, truncate, or subcordate, apex acute to obtuse, occasionally round, surfaces glabrous to short pilose.

terminal and in upper axils, subumbellate clusters at ends of long, forked branches;

peduncle 5–20 mm, usually pubescent with ascending, often curved, glandular or eglandular hairs, crosswalls of hairs pale;

involucres pale green, often tinged pinkish, widely bell-shaped to almost rotate, 4–6 mm in flower, 8–15 mm in fruit, glabrous or glabrate but with minute curved hairs on margins, or rarely puberulent or pilose throughout, 50–90% connate, lobes ovate to broadly ovate.

usually terminal, sometimes also with short branches in distal axils, open, with main axis and short branches;

peduncle 5–10 mm, usually spreading glandular-pilose, sometimes merely puberulent or glabrous, crosswalls of hairs pale;

involucres pale green, widely bell-shaped, 3–6 mm in flower, 7–12 mm in fruit, glabrous except for few small hairs on margins to spreading glandular-pilose, 60–90% connate, lobes broadly ovate, rounded.

(2–)3(–5) per involucre;

perianth usually pink to reddish purple, rarely white, 1 cm.

1–3 per involucre;

perianth white to pale pink, 0.6–0.9 cm.

dark grayish brown to reddish brown (ribs and tubercles usually slightly paler), narrowly obovate and tapering at both ends, 3.4–5 mm, shaggy-pubescent with spreading, sometimes tufted, hairs, 0.3–0.4 mm, sometimes also with layer of minute hairs;

ribs usually irregularly and deeply notched, especially toward apex, round to bluntly angled, 0.5–0.75 times width of sulci, 0.5–1 times as wide as high;

sulci with pale small to tall tubercles that are sometimes horizontally lengthened and shelflike.

grayish to greenish brown (ribs usually paler), narrowly obovate and tapering at both ends, 4–5.5 mm, usually glabrous, sometimes very lightly puberulent with hairs 0.1 mm;

ribs narrow and keel-like to acute or acute-rounded, 0.2–0.5 times width of sulci, 0.5 times as wide as high, smooth;

sulci lightly to prominently tuberculate.

= 58.