Flora of North America species comparison

1 or 2–5 (often scapiform), loosely clustered, glabrous or leaf axils sparsely hairy.

usually 1, sometimes multiple, bases and leaf axils tomentose, otherwise glabrous.

(and proximal cauline) petiolate;

blades obovate to ovate or sublyrate, 30–60+ × 10–40+ mm, bases tapering, margins deeply dissected or pinnatifid, ultimate margins crenate to crenate-dentate.

(and proximal cauline) petiolate;

blades oblanceolate to obovate or lyrate (pinnately lobed to pinnatifid, terminal lobes larger than laterals), 10–30+ × 10–20+ mm, bases tapering, ultimate margins ± crenate to serrate.

abruptly reduced or 0 (sessile; ovate to obovate, dissected or pinnatifid).

gradually to abruptly reduced (sessile; pinnatisect or entire).

inconspicuously bracteate or ebracteate, glabrous.

bracteate (bractlets purple-tinged), glabrous or glabrate.

5 or 8;

corolla laminae 5–10 mm.

0 (rarely) or 10–12;

corolla laminae 8–10 mm.

20–30+;

corolla tubes 2.5–3.5 mm, limbs 2.5–3.5 mm.

45–60+;

corolla tubes 3.5–4 mm, limbs 3–3.5 mm.

(8–)13, light green (tips yellowish), 4–7 mm, glabrous.

13, green (sometimes purple-tinged distally), 6–8 mm, glabrous.

0 or inconspicuous.

0 or inconspicuous (bractlets purple-tinged).

4–10+ in subumbelliform cymiform arrays.

1–2(–5+) in cymiform arrays.

1–1.5 mm, glabrous;

pappi 4–4.5 mm.

1.5–2.5 mm, hirtellous on ribs;

pappi 6–7 mm.

= 40.

= 46.