UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves leathery and glabrous, alternate, elliptic to ovate, 5-9 cm long and 3-5 cm broad, finely toothed.

Leaves evergreen, leathery, shiny, alternate, broadly ovate, acute, 2-4 cm. long and 1.5-3 cm. broad, conspicuously serrulate.

Inflorescence racemose, 5-15 flowers, 5-17 cm long, glandular, white to pinkish bracts;

calyx deeply 5-lobed, white to red, reddish-glandular, sepals 3-5 mm;

corolla 5-lobed, urn-shaped, white to pinkish, glandular, 7-10 mm;

anthers awned, dehiscing by subterminal pores.

Flowers single in the leaf axils on short, bracteate pedicels;

calyx deeply 5-parted, about 2 mm. long, covered with reddish-brown, soft hairs;

corolla united, 5-lobed, bell-shaped, 3.5-5 mm. long, white or pinkish;

stamens 10, anthers opening by terminal pores, without awns.

Capsule berry-like, surrounded by persistent calyx, globose, fleshy, bluish-black, 6-10 mm in diameter.

Capsule berry-like, surrounded by the persistent, pulpy calyx, 6-8 mm. long, bright red.