Flora of North America species comparison

3–50 cm.

firm, terete, remaining mostly unflattened after pressing, pubescent with at least a few recurved, falcate hairs.

petiole 0.3–5 cm;

blade usually ovate to broadly ovate, rarely suborbiculate, 1.5–7.5(–11) × 1.5–5.5(–8) cm.

petiole 1.5–5 cm;

blade 3–7.5(–11) × 2.5–5.5(–8) cm, margins subentire to minutely denticulate, base usually rounded to subcordate, rarely cordate, apex acute to short acuminate.

0.7–12(–17) cm.

usually densely, less often sparsely, glandular puberulent.

opening before elongation of axis, corymbiform;

pedicels erect or ascending at anthesis, 0.7–3.5 mm, with or without a minute, setaceous bracteole at base;

floral tube a mere constriction to 0.6 mm, funnelform to very broadly so, nectary wholly within floral tube;

sepals white or pink, sometimes purple tinged apically, oblong or ovate to broadly ovate, 0.8–1.8(–2.2) × 0.6–1.3 mm;

petals white, obtriangular or obdeltate to obovate or broadly obovate, 0.6–2 × 0.6–1.8 mm;

apical notch to 1/2 length of petal;

filaments 0.7–2.2 mm;

style 0.6–2.3 mm.

clustered at apex of raceme, opening before elongation of raceme axis;

floral tube 0.3–0.6 mm;

apical notch of petal 1/4–1/3 length of petal;

pedicel and mature fruit combined length 3.5–6.5 mm.

clavoid, tapering smoothly to pedicel, without ribs or grooves, 1.6–2.6 × 0.5–1.2 mm, 1-locular, 1-seeded;

pedicel and mature fruit combined length 3.5–7.8 mm.

= 22.