Flora of North America species comparison

± equal in size throughout;

petiole 1.2–2.5 cm, base slightly decurrent, glabrate;

blade green or slightly lighter green abaxially, pale or bright olive-green or glaucous-green, elliptic or slightly ovate-elliptic, (2.5–)4–6(–7.5) × (1.2–)1.8–3(–4) cm, base usually tapered, rarely slightly cordate, (margins smooth or irregularly toothed on sprouts), apex acute or obtuse, surfaces glabrous or ± hairy.

larger on sterile shoots with longer internodes;

petiole (often red), (1–)1.7–3.2(–4.2) cm, base slightly decurrent, glabrous;

blade slightly lighter green abaxially, olive-green and glossy adaxially, ovate, (2.5–)3–7.5(–9) × (1–)1.8–3(–4) cm, base usually tapered-acute, rarely slightly rounded [broader and more nearly ovate-lanceolate], apex usually acute, sometimes slightly acuminate, surfaces glabrous.

(often showy), varying from densely clustered or openly-branched to relatively few-flowered;

axes hairy, with both glandular and eglandular hairs intermixed.

often congested;

axes densely hairy, hairs sometimes glandular.

accrescent, obliquely erect to pendulous, 1.6–3.2 mm, hairy, with both glandular and eglandular hairs intermixed;

bract (accrescent), clasping base, reddish or tan, scalelike, 1.3–2 mm (to 2.9–3 mm in fruit).

accrescent, obliquely erect or slightly pendulous, 2.4–5 mm (to 16 mm in fruit), densely hairy, hairs sometimes glandular;

bract clasping base, reddish, scalelike, 1.4–2 mm.

calyx tan (sometimes with blush of pink), (1.8–3 mm), lobes 1–1.2 mm, apex obtuse or rounded;

corolla 5.1–5.4(–6.1) mm (the larger on rapidly developing, more open, and elongated inflorescences);

anthers ca. 1.5 mm, spurs 1/2–3/4 times length of thecae;

ovary with 2–3(–5) ovules per locule.

calyx pale green, lobes 1.1–1.5 mm (mostly hidden beneath corolla), apex obtuse or rounded;

corolla 5–5.6 mm;

anthers 1.3–1.5 mm, spurs 1/2–2/3 times length of thecae, (finely tuberculate);

ovary with (2–)3–5+ ovules per locule.

deep red or blackish red, 5.5–7.5 mm diam.

blackish red, 6.5–9 mm diam.

2.5–3 mm.

ca. 2 mm.

= 26.