Flora of North America species comparison

persistent;

petiole 1–3 mm, pilose-strigose;

blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic, rarely lanceolate, 6–12(–20) x 2–6(–8) mm, subcoriaceous or coriaceous, base cuneate, margins revolute, veins 3–5, superficial, apex obtuse or acute, abaxial surfaces grayish green, reticulate, initially pilose-strigose, adaxial grayish green [rarely green], dull to slightly shiny, coating not recorded, slightly rugose, sparsely pilose or glabrous.

deciduous;

petiole 1–2 mm, glabrescent;

blade elliptic or ovate, rarely suborbiculate, 8–15 × 5–12 mm, chartaceous, base rounded, margins slightly undulate, not revolute, veins 2 or 3, superficial, apex acute or obtuse, abaxial surfaces green, glabrate, midrib strigose, adaxial green, dull to slightly shiny, not glaucous, flat between lateral veins, glabrous.

on fertile shoots 8–12 mm with 3 or 4 leaves, 1-flowered, 2–4-flowered on shoot tips.

on fertile shoots 6–10 mm with 2 or 3 leaves, 1(or 2)-flowered, subsessile.

1–3 mm, pilose-strigose.

0–1.5 mm, glabrate.

9–13 mm diam.;

buds pink;

hypanthium cupulate, pilose-strigose;

sepals: margins villous, borders mostly reddish, membranous, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces pilose-strigose;

petals spreading, white;

stamens 17–21, filaments white, anthers purple-black;

styles 2(or 3).

4–7 mm;

hypanthium funnelform, maroon, glabrate;

sepals sometimes recurved, margins villous, apex lingulate or acute, surfaces glabrous;

petals erect, dark red;

stamens 10(–13), filaments pink to red, anthers white;

styles 2(or 3).

orange-red to red, depressed-globose, 8–10 × 9–11 mm, shiny, not glaucous, glabrous;

sepals suberect, pilose;

navel not recorded;

style remnants at elongated apex.

bright red, broadly obovoid to globose, 6–7 mm, shiny, not glaucous, succulent, glabrous;

sepals suberect, glabrous;

navel open;

style remnants 4/5 from base.

2(or 3).

2(or 3).

= 34 (Germany).

= 34 (Sweden).