Flora of North America species comparison

not whitish pruinose, slender to moderately stout, to 6 mm diam., intensely sweet, licorice-flavored;

scales concolored, brown or slightly darker near point of attachment, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, symmetric, margins entire.

dull or inconspicuously glaucous, moderately stout, to 10 mm diam., acrid or bland-tasting;

scales uniformly brown or slightly darker near point of attachment, lanceolate-ovate, symmetric, margins entire to erose.

to 75 cm.

to 70 cm.

usually slender, 0.5–2 mm diam.

usually slender, to 3 mm diam.

lanceolate-ovate to oblong, pinnatifid, widest near middle or just below, to 16 cm wide, herbaceous, rarely slightly leathery;

rachis sparsely scaly to glabrescent abaxially, puberulent adaxially;

scales linear, usually less than 3 cells wide.

deltate to lanceolate-ovate, pinnatifid, usually widest near base, to 20 cm wide, leathery to herbaceous;

rachis sparsely scaly to glabrescent abaxially, puberulent adaxially;

scales deltate to ovate, usually more than 10 cells wide.

linear to oblong, less than 12 mm wide;

margins serrate;

apex acute to attenuate;

midrib puberulent adaxially.

linear-lanceolate to oblong, usually less than 15 mm wide;

margins serrate;

apex widely obtuse to rarely attenuate;

midrib puberulent adaxially.

midway between margin and midrib or slightly closer to midrib, usually less than 3 mm diam., circular to oval when immature.

midway between margin and midrib or slightly closer to midrib, usually less than 3 mm diam., oval when immature.

less than 58 µm, verrucose, with surface projections less than 3 µm. 2n = 74.

less than 58 µm, verrucose, with surface projections to 3 µm. 2n = 74.

free.

weakly to conspicuously anastomosing, most segments containing several areoles, often forming 1 row.

absent.

absent.