OregonFlora species comparison

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

erect, 1.5–15(20) dm; simple or branched distally, green or reddish.

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 ovate to rhombic-ovate, 2–15 cm, bases wedge-shaped;

margins entire; flat to crisped;

midveins extending to a short spine;

tips acute to obtuse;

petioles 2.5–8 cm.

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

bracts 2–4 mm;

midveins extending to a spine.

terminal and axillary; erect to somewhat reflexed tightly clustered panicles, green to silvery green;

bracts numerous, lanceolate to awl-shaped, 3–6 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 similar in staminate and pistillate flowers; spoon-shaped to obovate, overlapping, reflexed with age; equal to subequal;

midveins extending to a short spine;

tips rounded to notched.

generally at inflorescence tips;

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

stamens 5.

perianth segments 4–5, 2–3 mm;

stamens (3)4–5.

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

styles 3; erect.

perianth segments 5; (2)2.5–3.5 mm;

stigmas 3.

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

ovoid to elliptic, 1.5–2.5 mm; smooth to rugose at bases; dehiscence usually circumscissile.

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

lenticular; ovoid to obovoid, 1–1.3 mm, dark brown to black; shiny.

=32.

=34.