Flora of North America species comparison

glabrous.

nearly always glaucous, glabrous.

1–(2–4).

single or clustered.

(thickish-turgid) progressively reduced distally; petiolate;

blades broadly lanceolate to subelliptic, 2.5–15 × 1–5 cm, bases tapered, margins sharply dentate to subentire (some teeth callous; mid leaves sometimes larger than proximal; distal leaves sessile, smaller, often clasping).

(thickish and turgid) progressively reduced distally; petiolate;

blades ovate or obovate to lanceolate, 4–9(–15+) × 1.5–3(–4+) cm, bases tapered, margins wavy or subentire (often with callous denticles; mid and distal leaves sessile, bractlike).

± 8 or ± 13;

corolla laminae 5–12 mm.

8–10;

corolla laminae 4–10 mm.

(± 8) ± 13 or ± 21, 5–9 mm, tips black (villous).

± 13 (± 21), 6–9 mm, tips green to brownish (not blackened).

of (1–)3–6 linear to filiform bractlets (lengths to 1/3 phyllaries).

of 1–3+ oblong to lance-linear bractlets (less than 3 mm).

(1–)4–12 in corymbiform arrays.

(3–)8–24+ in corymbiform arrays.

glabrous.

glabrous.

= 40.

= 40.