Flora of North America species comparison

1 or 2–5, clustered, usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely floccose-tomentose proximally and in leaf axils.

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

(and proximal cauline, relatively thick and turgid) petiolate;

blades spatulate to oblanceolate, or ovate to orbiculate, 20–40+ × 10–30+ mm, bases tapering to abruptly contracted or subcordate, margins entire, crenate, dentate, or weakly lobulate (faces usually glabrous, sometimes hairy).

(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.

gradually to abruptly reduced (± petiolate or sessile; entire or subentire).

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

bracteate, glabrous or sparsely tomentose.

inconspicuously bracteate or ebracteate, glabrous.

8 or 13;

corolla laminae 5–10 mm.

5 or 8;

corolla laminae 5–10 mm.

35–60+;

corolla tubes 2–4 mm, limbs 2.5–4 mm.

20–30+;

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

(8–)13 or 21, green (tips sometimes cyanic), 4–7+ mm, glabrous.

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

conspicuous.

0 or inconspicuous.

2–20+ in loose, corymbiform or subumbelliform arrays.

4–10+ in subumbelliform cymiform arrays.

1–2.5 mm, glabrous;

pappi 3–6 mm.

1–1.5 mm, glabrous;

pappi 4–4.5 mm.

= 46, 92.

= 40.