Flora of North America species comparison

1 or 2–4, clustered (proximally deeply purple-tinged, distally lightly tinged), glabrous or tomentose at bases and in leaf axils.

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

(and proximal cauline) petiolate;

blades obovate or lyrate (pinnately lobed, lateral lobes 2–6+ pairs, their bases petioluliform, terminal lobes larger than laterals, midribs narrowly winged), 60–160+ × 20–40+ mm, bases wide, ultimate margins sharply dentate, crenate-dentate, or irregularly incised.

(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 (petiolate or sessile; shallowly lobed, midribs ± winged, distals bractlike, dentate to incised).

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

ebracteate, glabrous.

bracteate, densely lanate-tomentose.

(8–)13;

corolla laminae 6–10+ mm.

8 or 13;

corolla laminae 8–10 mm.

60–70+;

corolla tubes 2–3 mm, limbs 3.5–4.5 mm.

35–50+;

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

(13–)21, green (tips yellow), 5–7 mm, glabrous (tips sometimes hairy).

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

inconspicuous.

0.

15–40+ in open, cymiform arrays.

2–8+ in compact cymiform arrays.

1.5–2 mm, glabrous or ± scabrellous;

pappi 5.5–6.5 mm.

0.75–1 mm, glabrous or hispid on ribs;

pappi 3–4 mm.

= 92.

= 46.