Flora of North America species comparison

basal 0–10, blade lanceolate, 20–120 x 10–60 mm, 1- or 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, 1- or 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous;

cauline 4–10, blade lanceolate, 10–270 x 8–150 mm, undivided or 1- or 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping, serrate to 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous or scattered glandular.

basal 0;

cauline 10–20, blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 15–70 x 1–6 mm, undivided, margins serrate, surfaces glabrous.

simple, 1–4, exceeding basal leaves, each 15–75-flowered;

bracts lanceolate or subulate to trullate, 10–20 x 2–10 mm, undivided, proximal margins entire, distal entire or serrate, surfaces glabrous, hispid, or tomentose.

paniculate or simple or buds present in cauline leaf axils, 3–15, each 2–12-flowered;

bracts linear to narrowly lanceolate, 2–70 x 1–6 mm, undivided, proximal margins entire, distal serrate, surfaces glabrous.

0.5–1 mm.

1.5–4.5 mm.

calyx 7–15 mm, glabrous or tomentose, lobes 5, triangular or filiform, 1–10 mm, apex entire, glabrous or ciliate;

corolla 14–27 mm, tube yellow or dark blood red, 6–12 mm;

galea yellow to yellow tinged with red, purple tinged with yellow, or dark blood red, 6–15 mm, beakless or beaked, beak straight, 0.8–2.5 mm, margins entire medially and distally, apex arching over abaxial lip;

abaxial lip expanded, yellow, yellow tinged with purple, or dark blood red, 4.5–6.5 mm.

calyx 5.5–8.5 mm, glabrous, lobes 2, triangular, 0.5–1 mm, apex entire, glabrous;

corolla 12–20 mm, tube yellow, 4–10 mm;

galea yellow, 8–11 mm, beakless, margins entire medially, 1-toothed distally, apex arching over abaxial lip;

abaxial lip yellow, 6–8 mm.