OregonFlora species comparison

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

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; erect to somewhat reflexed tightly clustered panicles, green to silvery green;

bracts numerous, lanceolate to awl-shaped, 3–6 mm.

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.

perianth segments 4–5, 2–3 mm;

stamens (3)4–5.

perianth segments 5; (2)2.5–3.5 mm;

stigmas 3.

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

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

=34.