Flora of North America species comparison

1 or 2–6+, clustered (bases cyanic), glabrous or leaf axils sparsely tomentose.

1 or 2–3, clustered, glabrous or leaf axils sparsely hairy.

(and proximal cauline) petiolate;

blades oblanceolate to spatulate (usually pinnately lobed, lateral lobes 1–6+ pairs, their bases petioluliform, terminal lobes usually larger than laterals, often reniform to ± orbiculate, midribs sometimes ± winged and/or toothed between the primary lobes), 40–120+ × 10–30+ mm, bases ± cuneate, ultimate margins subentire or irregularly crenate, dentate, or lobed.

(and proximal cauline) petiolate;

blades narrowly ovate to ovate (2–3 times pinnately dissected, ultimate lobes mostly linear to filiform), 50–80 × 30–50 mm, bases ± truncate or auriculate, ultimate margins entire or remotely dentate.

gradually reduced (± petiolate or sessile, clasping; often auriculate, pinnately dissected to pinnately lobed).

gradually reduced (petiolate or sessile, similar to basals).

bracteate, glabrous.

bracteate or ebracteate, glabrous.

8 or 13;

corolla laminae 3–7 mm.

8–10(–13);

corolla laminae 8–12 mm.

30–45(–100+);

corolla tubes 1.5–2.5 mm, limbs (1.5–)2.5–3.5 mm.

35–50+;

corolla tubes 2–3 mm, limbs 1.5–2.5 mm.

13 or 21, green (tips sometimes reddish), 3–7 mm, glabrous.

(13–)21, green, 4–6 mm, glabrous (tips sometimes hair-tufted).

inconspicuous or 0.

0.

4–25+ in corymbiform arrays.

10–30+ in open, corymbiform arrays.

1–1.5 mm, hirtellous on ribs;

pappi 3–5 mm.

0.75–1.5 mm, hairy on ribs;

pappi 3–4 mm.

= 46.