OregonFlora species comparison

erect, branched or not, 3–12(20) dm, green or red.

erect, branched or not, 2.5–15(20) dm, green or reddish purple.

blades rhombic-ovate to widely lanceolate; (2)4–12(15) cm, bases wedge-shaped;

margins entire; plane;

tips acute to obtuse;

midveins extending to a spine;

petioles 1–5(10) cm.

blades rhombic-ovate to broadly lanceolate, 3–6(8) cm, bases wedge-shaped;

margins entire; flat to undulate;

midveins extending to a short spine;

tips obtuse to cuneate;

petioles ? blade, 3–6 cm.

terminal and axillary, tightly clustered; lax and nodding; dull green to red, villous;

bracts 2–4 mm;

midveins extending to a spine.

mostly terminal, sometimes axillary; rigid-erect panicles with few branches, green to pale green;

bracts numerous, lanceolate to awl-shaped, 4–7 mm.

perianth segments 5, mostly similar in staminate and pistillate flowers; erect, not overlapping or reflexed, linear to lance-oblong;

midveins extending to spine;

tips acute.

perianth segments 3–5, similar in staminate and pistillate flowers; erect, not overlapping or reflexed, broadly linear to lanceolate;

midveins extending to a spine;

tips acute.

generally at inflorescence tips;

perianth segments of nearly equal length, 2–3 mm;

stamens 5.

perianth segments unequal to subequal, generally at tips of inflorescences;

stamens 3–5.

perianth segments of equal length or 1 slightly longer, 1.5–2 mm;

styles 3; erect.

perianth segments 1.5–3.5 mm;

styles 3, spreading.

ovoid, 1.5–2.2 mm, rugose at tips; smooth below; dehiscence circumscissile.

subglobose to ovoid, 2–3 mm; smooth to slightly rugose at tips; dehiscence circumscissile.

lenticular, widely orbicular to rounded, 1–1.4 mm, red-brown to black; shiny.

subglobose to lenticular, 1–1.4 mm; black; shiny.

=32.

=32, 34.