Flora of North America species comparison

stiffly erect;

branchlets terete.

tardily deciduous, alternate or proximal-most subopposite, shortly petiolate;

blade gray green, oblong-ovate to elliptic or orbiculate, 8–30(–35) × 6–20 mm, margin entire or rarely dentate, apex rounded to retuse or obtuse.

persistent, alternate, petiolate;

blade greenish to silvery white, orbiculate to reniform or oval, 10–40 mm, as wide or wider, prominently dentate, teeth to 10 mm, permanently scurfy.

yellow, in clusters 2–3 mm wide, borne in panicles 6–30 cm.

yellow to purple-brown, in clusters 3–4 mm thick, borne in panicles to 3 cm.

in small, very numerous glomerules in axils of elongated, terminal leafy-bracteate spikes or finally paniculate.

borne in inflorescences similar to staminate ones.

brown, 2.4–2.8 mm.

brown, 2 mm wide;

radicle sublateral.

bracteoles sessile or substipitate, 4–5 × 5–9 mm, base broadly cuneate, margin sharply toothed, apical tooth subtended by 2–6 equal or smaller teeth, faces smooth or rarely tuberculate.

bracteoles sessile, rather prominently veined, orbiculate to reniform, strongly compressed, 7–10 × 7–10 mm, thin, united at base, margin entire to crenate, glabrous, lacking processes.

= 18.