Flora of North America species comparison

1–25+, erect to spreading.

mostly 5–20+, ascending to erect.

basal, or basal (sometimes withering) and ± cauline, (1–)2–12(–15) cm;

largest blades ± elliptic or slightly lanceolate to ovate, ± 3-dimensional, usually 2-pinnately lobed;

primary lobes (4–)5–9(–12) pairs, ± congested, scarcely imbricate, ultimate lobes ± involute and/or twisted.

basal, 1–5 cm;

largest blades broadly ± elliptic, ± plane, 1-pinnately lobed;

lobes 2–5 pairs, remote, ± plane.

mostly ascending to erect, 1–10 cm.

mostly ascending to erect, 5–10 cm.

obconic to ± hemispheric.

± obconic.

5–8 mm.

5–6.5 mm.

longest 9–15(–17) mm;

outer usually stipitate-glandular (sometimes sparsely or obscurely, rarely eglandular) and, often, arachnoid to lanuginose and, sometimes, sparsely villous, apices usually ± squarrose, pliant.

longest 8–12 mm;

outer predominantly closely lanuginose, sparsely, if at all, stipitate-glandular, apices erect, ± rigid.

1–25+ per stem.

1(–3) per stem.

5–8 mm (usually sparsely glandular amidst other indument);

pappi: longest scales 3–6 mm.

5–6.5 mm (eglandular);

pappi: longest scales 2.5–4.5 mm (lengths 0.4–0.8 times corollas).

= 12.