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 or 3–4+, clustered, sparsely 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, relatively thick and turgid) petiolate;

blades narrowly elliptic or lanceolate to oblanceolate, 40–70+ × 5–20+ mm, bases tapering, margins entire or subentire to weakly and irregularly dentate (especially at apices).

gradually reduced (sessile).

gradually reduced (distal sessile, bractlike).

conspicuously bracteate, glabrous or tomentose.

bracteate (bractlets usually red-tipped), sparsely tomentose to glabrate.

8–13;

corolla laminae 7–10 mm.

5 or 8;

corolla laminae 12–16 mm.

40–50+;

corolla tubes 4–5 mm, limbs 3–4 mm.

50–60+;

corolla tubes 3.5–4.5 mm, limbs 4.5–5.5 mm.

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

13 or 21, dark green proximally, becoming light green distally (tips red), 7–11+ mm, floccose-tomentose proximally.

conspicuous.

conspicuous (bractlets red-tipped).

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

5–12+ in open, cymiform arrays.

2–3 mm, glabrous or hirtellous on ribs;

pappi 5–6 mm.

2.5–3.5 mm, glabrous;

pappi 7–8 mm.

= 46, 92.

= 92.