1	"Short shoots present; bracts subtending individual capitula more or less acute to acuminate"	2
1	"Short shoots not present; bracts subtending individual capitula truncate"	3
2	"Functionally male florets not glandular, with erect corolla lobes"	"Blepharispermum ellenbeckii"
2	"Functionally male florets glandular, with recurved corolla lobes"	"Blepharispermum yemense"
3	"Leaves 0.5-2 cm wide, with cuneate bases"	"Blepharispermum fruticosum"
3	"Leaves 1.5-6 cm wide, with rounded, truncate, or cordate bases"	"Blepharispermum villosum"