Cercis canadensis
eastern redbud, redbud
gray-brown to red-brown, twigs glabrous or tomentose.
petiole 10–50 mm, glabrous or hairy;
blade dull to dark green, membranous, subcoriaceous, or coriaceous, thickened (0.15–0.3 mm) or thin (0.05–0.25 mm), blades cordate, suborbiculate, orbiculate, or reniform, 24–110 ×20–116 mm, base nearly truncate to cordate, margins flat or sinuate, veins 5–9, palmate, prominent, apex obtuse to acuminate, sometimes retuse, surfaces glabrous or hairy abaxially, sometimes restricted to veins or vein axils, glabrous adaxially, sometimes glossy.
glabrous or hairy.
calyx 5–7.6 mm wide;
petals usually pink, rarely white, nectar guides magenta, banner 4.4–6.5 × 3–5.8 mm, wings 4.5–7.1 ×3.2–4.8 mm, keel 6.5–9.5 × 4.3–7 mm.
dull brown, magenta, or red-brown, 48–109 × 7–21 mm, winged on abaxial suture, sometimes glossy, waxy, surfaces glabrous or hairy.
Cercis canadensis
Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Leaf blades thin (0.05–0.25 mm) to subcoriaceous, margins flat, apex acuminate or obtuse, surfaces usually dull (sometimes slightly reflective but not glossy), glabrous or hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially; s Canada, c, e United States. | subsp. canadensis |
1. Leaf blades thickened (0.15–0.3 mm), coriaceous, margins distinctly sinuate, apex obtuse to retuse, surfaces dull or glossy adaxially, glabrous or hairy abaxially and adaxially; arid regions of Oklahoma, Texas. | → 2 |
2. Leaf blade abaxial surface, petiole, and twigs tomentose, adaxial surface, flower pedicel, and legumes sparsely hairy, leaf blades averaging 59 × 56 mm; sw Texas in arid environments. | subsp. mexicana |
2. Leaf blade abaxial surface, petiole, and twigs glabrous, adaxial surface (glossy), flower pedicel, and legumes glabrous; leaf blades averaging 72 × 75 mm; Oklahoma (Arbuckle Mountains) to w Texas (limestone formations of Edwards Plateau). | subsp. texensis |
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