Flora of North America species comparison

ascending to erect, glabrous or pubescent.

erect, glabrous or 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, 1–3 cm, margins oblique, glabrous or pubescent;

petiole 5–20 mm;

blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 5–15(–19) × 1.4–7.5 cm, not subcoriaceous, base rounded, margins entire, usually scabrous to ciliate, rarely glabrous, apex obtuse to acuminate, faces not glaucous, glabrous or densely pubescent.

axillary, racemelike;

peduncle essentially absent.

usually terminal, subterminal, and axillary, paniclelike;

peduncle 0.5–12 cm, glabrous or pubescent.

0.5–1.9(–2.4) mm.

0.9–4 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.

1–3 per ocreate fascicle, rarely some flowers with stamens poorly developed;

perianth white to greenish white, 2.5–3.5 mm;

tepals slightly dimorphic, ovate to obovate, 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.

usually exserted, yellowish brown, not beaked distally, (3–)3.8–7 × 2.3–4.8 mm, shiny, faces concave.

= 20.