Flora of North America species comparison

conspicuously whitish pruinose, stout, 3–12 mm diam., bland to slightly sweet-tasting;

scales concolored to weakly bicolored, uniformly dark brown or with pale margins and base, lanceolate, symmetric, margins denticulate.

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.

to 85 cm.

to 75 cm.

stout, to 3 mm diam.

usually slender, 0.5–2 mm diam.

ovate-lanceolate, pinnatifid, usually widest just above base, to 27 cm wide, stiff and leathery;

rachis sparsely scaly to glabrescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially;

scales bicolored, ovate-lanceolate, much more than 6 cells wide.

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.

oblong to linear, usually more than 12 mm wide;

margins entire to crenulate;

apex rounded to rarely broadly acute;

midrib glabrous adaxially.

linear to oblong, less than 12 mm wide;

margins serrate;

apex acute to attenuate;

midrib puberulent adaxially.

crowded against midrib, usually more than 3 mm diam., circular when immature.

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

usually less than 52 µm, rugose, surface projections less than 3 µm tall.

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

anastomosing, usually forming 1 row of areoles.

free.

absent.

absent.

= 74, 111.