Compared with Nitzschia palea var. debilis, this taxon is wider and has more distinctly subcapitate apices. In comparison to Nitzschia palea var. tenuirostris, the width of the nominate species is greater. Nitzschia palea var. palea is more narrow than N. minuta, a taxon that has been placed with the N. palea species complex.
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