Flora of North America species comparison

ascending to erect, glabrous or pubescent.

erect, glabrous or densely and retrorsely pubescent.

ocrea reddish brown, funnelform, 0.3–3 cm, margins oblique, glabrous or finely pubescent to pilose;

petiole 0.3–10(–15) mm;

blade oblong-ovate to ovate, rarely broadly lanceolate, 2.1–7.5(–9.5) × 1.1–5 cm, subcoriaceous, base truncate or, rarely, cordate, margins entire, glabrous or ciliate, apex obtuse to acute, faces often glaucous, glabrous or pubescent.

ocrea reddish brown, funnelform, 1–2.2 cm, margins oblique, glabrous or pilose;

petiole 0.8–3.5(–4) mm;

blade narrowly lanceolate to ovate, 5–20 × 2–8 cm, not subcoriaceous, base truncate or obtuse to subcordate, margins sometimes irregularly undulate, ciliate or, rarely, glabrous, apex acuminate, faces not glaucous, glabrous or pubescent.

axillary, racemelike;

peduncle essentially absent.

terminal, sometimes also axillary, paniclelike;

peduncle 0–4 cm, glabrous or pubescent.

0.5–1.9(–2.4) mm.

0.5–0.1 mm.

1–4 per ocreate fascicle, rarely some flowers with stamens poorly developed;

perianth greenish to pinkish white, 2–4.5 mm;

tepals slightly dimorphic or, rarely, distinctly so, oblong-ovate to obovate, apex obtuse;

anthers yellow or pink.

2–4 per ocreate fascicle, all flowers with stamens well developed;

perianth white or greenish white, 2–4 mm;

tepals dimorphic, rarely slightly so, ovate, apex obtuse;

anthers yellow to pink.

exserted, yellowish brown, not beaked distally, 3.2–6(–8.3) × 2.1–5 mm, shiny, faces not concave.

included or exserted, tan to grayish brown, not beaked distally, 2.6–3.8 × 2–3 mm, shiny, faces usually not concave.

= 20.

= 20.