Flora of North America species comparison

lanate-arachnose or tomentose, unevenly glabrescent.

floccose-tomentose, unevenly glabrescent (persistently hairy on abaxial leaf faces).

1(–2).

usually single, sometimes loosely clustered.

(often purplish abaxially) reduced distally;

petiolate;

blades ovate to subelliptic, (5–)6–10(–15) × (2.5–)3–5(–9) cm, bases tapered or contracted, margins subentire to denticulate (denticles callous; mid and distal leaves bractlike).

± evenly distributed (basal and proximal sometimes withering before flowering);

petiolate (proximal) or sessile;

blades ovoid or oblong to spatulate (usually pinnatifid to pinnatisect, lobes ± lanceolate to linear), (3–)5–12 × (1.5–)2–4 cm, bases tapered to ± truncate, ultimate margins (often revolute) dentate or entire.

± 13;

corolla laminae 5–10 mm.

± 13;

corolla laminae 12–15 mm.

(± 13) ± 21, 5–7 mm, tips green.

± 13, 5–7 mm, tips green or greenish.

of 2–5+ bractlets (largest to 3 mm).

of 4–6(–10) bractlets (lengths to 1/2 phyllaries).

(2–)5–12(–20) in corymbiform arrays.

20–60 in corymbiform arrays.

hairy (especially on angles).

hairy.

= 40.