Flora of North America species comparison

simple or branching.

to 30 cm;

blade sometimes sparsely setose abaxially on midrib;

margins usually shallowly to deeply toothed.

to 10 cm;

petiole to 1/2 length of leaf;

blade gray- and blue-green on both surfaces, glaucous, lanceolate, 1-2x-lobed, commonly with 3 pairs of primary lateral lobes, hirsute;

primary lobes obovate to strap-shaped, mostly divided, short, apex acute or more commonly obtuse or rounded.

peduncle often sparsely setose.

scapes erect or decumbent, generally curved, less than 15 cm, hispid.

petals white, pink, red, or purple, often with dark or pale basal spot, to 6 cm;

anthers pale yellow;

stigmas 5-18, disc ± flat.

to 6 cm diam.;

petals yellow, or white with yellow basal spot;

anthers yellow;

stigmas 5-7, disc conic-umbonate.

stipitate, subglobose, not ribbed, to 9 cm, glaucous.

subglobose to obconic, to 1.5 cm, 1-2.5 times longer than broad, strigose, trichomes dark brown to black.

= 28.