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1 Involucre 4-5.5 (-6) mm high; achenes 1.5-2.5 (-2.7) mm long; stems, leaves, and involucres puberulent or nearly smooth; pseudostipule membranous; stem round in ×-section to obscurely 6-angled; [widespread in our area]. | |
2 Leaves usually medium green; corollas pinkish to purplish, 3.5-4 mm long; phyllaries linear-lanceolate, 5-6 mm long, hairy with segmented hairs; inflorescence branches hairy; pseudostipule a low ridge with membranous, narrowly awl-shaped projections; [widespread in our area] | |
2 Leaves usually pale green or yellow green; corollas white, 2.5-3 mm long; phyllaries lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 3-4 mm long, glabrous or nearly so; inflorescence branches glabrous or nearly so; pseudostipule a membranous flap with incised lobes; [of s. FL]. | |