Flora of North America species comparison

erect, branched distal to middle or occasionally in distal 2/3, often with few flowering stems from rootstock, 60–120(–150) cm.

erect, branched above middle (only in inflorescence), 60–100 cm.

ocrea deciduous to partially persistent at maturity;

blade oblong to ovate-oblong, sometimes broadly ovate, 20–40 × 10–15 cm, usually less than 4 times as long as wide, base normally distinctly cordate, occasionally rounded, rarely truncate, margins normally entire, flat or undulate, rarely slightly crisped, apex obtuse or subacute.

ocreae deciduous or partially persistent at maturity;

blade normally oblong-lanceolate, 20–45 × 8–10 cm, normally more than 3 times as long as wide, base broadly cuneate, truncate, or weakly cordate, margins entire, flat or indistinctly crisped, apex obtuse or broadly acute.

terminal, occupying distal 2/3 of stem, usually lax and interrupted, narrowly or broadly paniculate, branches usually forming angle of 30–45° with 1st-order stem.

terminal, occupying distal 1/2 of stem, often dense, narrowly paniculate.

articulated in proximal 1/3 or rarely near middle, filiform, 2.5–8.5(–10) mm, articulation distinctly swollen.

articulated in proximal 1/2, occasionally almost near base, filiform, 3–11 mm, articulation indistinct or weakly evident.

10–25 in lax whorls;

inner tepals ovate-triangular, deltoid or, occasionally, lingulate, 3–6 × 2–3.5 mm (excluding teeth), ca. 1.5–2 times as long as wide, base truncate, margins usually distinctly dentate, rarely subentire, apex obtuse to subacute, straight, teeth 2–5, normally at each side of margin, short-subulate or triangular-subulate, straight, 0.5–1.8 mm, or shorter than width of inner tepals;

tubercle usually 1, sometimes 3, then 1 distinctly larger, smooth.

10–20 in whorls;

inner tepals ovate-deltoid or ovate-triangular, 4–7 × 3–5 mm, widest at or near base, base truncate or weakly emarginate, margins erose to minutely dentate at least near base, apex narrowly acute;

tubercles absent.

brown to reddish brown, 2–2.7 × 1.2–1.7 mm.

deep brown to reddish brown, 3–4 × 1.5–2.2 mm.

= 40.

= 120.