Flora of North America species comparison

1 or 2–5, loosely clustered, usually glabrous or glabrescent, sometimes sparsely tomentose throughout, axils (basal leaves) tomentose.

1 (per rosette, rosettes clustered), lanate-tomentose to glabrescent.

(and proximal cauline) petiolate;

blades obovate, oblanceolate, spatulate, or lyrate to sublyrate (± pinnately lobed, lateral lobes 3–6 pairs, smaller than terminal lobes), 40–80+ × 10–30+ mm, bases tapering, ultimate margins incised to dentate.

(and proximal cauline) petiolate;

blades obovate to broadly spatulate, 5–20+ × 10–15 mm, bases tapering, margins subentire or dentate apically (faces lanate-tomentose to glabrescent).

gradually reduced (sessile).

gradually reduced (sessile; spatulate to linear, densely tomentose).

conspicuously bracteate, glabrous or tomentose.

bracteate, densely lanate-tomentose.

8–13;

corolla laminae 7–10 mm.

8 or 13;

corolla laminae 8–10 mm.

40–50+;

corolla tubes 4–5 mm, limbs 3–4 mm.

35–50+;

corolla tubes 2–2.5 mm, limbs 2–2.5 mm.

13–21, green (tips often yellow), 4–9+ mm, glabrous or sparsely tomentose (at least proximally).

13 or 21, green, 6–8 mm, lanate-tomentose, glabrate distally.

conspicuous.

0.

10–30+ in open, corymbiform or subumbelliform arrays.

2–8+ in compact cymiform arrays.

2–3 mm, glabrous or hirtellous on ribs;

pappi 5–6 mm.

0.75–1 mm, glabrous or hispid on ribs;

pappi 3–4 mm.

= 46, 92.

= 46.