UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves alternate, obovate to obovate-oblanceolate, 1.5-5 cm. long and 1/3-1/2 as broad, rounded to obtuse, the base wedge-shaped, pale bluish-green, glaucous but not glandular on the lower surface, the margins serrulate on the upper half or less.

Leaves alternate, ovate to lanceolate, acute, 5-15 mm. long, deep green, shining on the upper surface, grayish beneath, strongly revolute.

Flowers single in the axils, pinkish, 6-7 mm. long;

calyx obscurely 5-lobed;

corolla united, broadly urn-shaped, much less than twice as long as broad, the 5 lobes very short, reflexed;

anthers with dorsal awns and apical, pore-bearing tubes;

ovary inferior.

Flowers 1-several, terminal or lateral on the stem;

pedicels very slender, 2-4 cm. long, usually glabrous, with 2 tiny bractlets usually below mid-length;

petals 4, distinct, deep pinkish, 5-8 mm. long, recurved;

anthers with pore-bearing terminal tubes but without awns;

ovary inferior.

Fruit a berry, glaucous-blue, globose, 5-8 mm. broad.

Fruit a berry, deep red, 5-10 mm. broad.