Flora of North America species comparison

deciduous;

petiole 2–5 mm, tomentose-pilose;

blade ovate to elliptic or broadly ovate, 9–38 × 7–23 mm, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, base obtuse or cuneate, margins flat, not revolute, veins 2–4, lightly sunken, apex acute or acuminate, abaxial surfaces densely grayish tomentose, adaxial dark green to grayish green, shiny, not glaucous, flat, rarely slightly bulging, between lateral veins, slightly rugose, pilose;

fall leaves bright yellow to orange or red.

persistent;

petiole often red, 1–3 mm, strigose;

blade elliptic, 10–27 × 4–12 mm, coriaceous, base cuneate, margins revolute, veins 4–7, superficial, apex obtuse or acute, rarely emarginate, abaxial surfaces gray-green, initially strigose-villous, midrib often red, adaxial dark green, shiny, not glaucous, flat between lateral veins, initially sparsely long-haired pilose.

on fertile shoots 10–35 mm with 4 leaves, 2–7(–10)-flowered, compact.

on fertile shoots 8–40 mm with 3 or 4 leaves, 1 or 2(–6)-flowered, compact.

1–3 mm, tomentose-strigose.

1–3.5 mm, initially sparsely pilose.

erect, 6–7.5 mm, closed;

hypanthium funnelform, proximally tomentose-strigose, distally tomentose-pilose;

sepals: margins reddish tomentose, borders purple, broad, glabrous, apex cuspidate or apiculate, surfaces pilose;

petals erect-incurved, dark pink to red, base dark red, margins off-white;

stamens 14–20, filaments red to dark red, anthers white;

styles 3 or 4(or 5).

12–13 mm diam.;

buds white;

hypanthium cupulate, initially sparsely pilose;

sepals: margins villous, apex acute, surfaces villous;

petals spreading, white, glabrous;

stamens 15–20, filaments white, anthers dark red-purple;

styles 2–4(or 5).

bright red, broadly obovoid, sometimes globose or depressed-globose, 5–9.1 × 5.1–8.8 mm, slightly shiny, not glaucous, pilose;

sepals flat, tomentose;

navel open;

style remnants 1/2–2/3 from base.

red-orange to scarlet, obovoid to subglobose, [4–]7–11 × 7–10 mm, shiny, not glaucous, glabrous or sparsely villous;

sepals depressed to slightly ascending, glabrous or sparsely villous;

navel open;

style remnants at apex.

3 or 4(or 5).

2–4(or 5) (always some with more than 2).

= 34 (Germany).