Flora of North America species comparison

petiole 3–13 mm, terete or channeled adaxially, glabrous;

blade maculate, dull and light green abaxially, shiny and green to dark green with white achlorophyllous tissue bordering larger veins adaxially, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or ovate, 20–100 × 8–31 mm, base rounded to obtuse or acute, margins coarsely serrate, apex acute to acuminate.

(1–)2–5-flowered;

peduncle 1(–2) per stem, 4–19 cm, papillose to hispidulous;

inflorescence bracts acicular to linear-lanceolate, free portions shorter than pedicels from which they arise, 4–6 × 0.4–0.6 mm, membranous, margins entire.

(4–)8–25 mm.

calyx lobes spreading or reflexed in fruit, entirely greenish or margins whitish green, broadly ovate, 1.4–4.1 × 1.3–4.5 mm, margins erose-denticulate, apex rounded to obtuse;

petals white or pink, often tinged violet, orbiculate, 6–12 × 4.5–8 mm, margins fimbriate to erose-denticulate;

stamens 6–8 mm;

filament base 1.2–1.6 mm wide, dilated basal portion densely villous;

anthers 2–4 mm, thecae white to tan or pinkish, tubules tan to pinkish brown, 0.8–1.1 mm, abruptly narrowed from thecae, lateral walls not touching, pores 0.3–0.5 × 0.3–0.5 mm;

ovary papillose in lines;

style 0.5–1 mm;

stigma 2–3.5 mm wide.

depressed-globose, 5–10 × 5–10 mm.

= 26.