Flora of North America species comparison

erect;

branches divaricate or spiraled, spreading, lateral branches well developed, usually arching, long, brownish violet, initially strigose.

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.

deciduous;

petiole 3–4 mm, strigose;

blade elliptic, rarely ovate or suborbiculate, on sterile shoots usually elliptic or broadly elliptic, 10–30 × 7–21 mm, chartaceous, base obtuse, margins flat, not revolute, sometimes undulate, veins 3 or 4, superficial or slightly sunken, apex acute, rarely acuminate, abaxial surfaces pale green, initially strigose, adaxial dark green, shiny, not glaucous, flat between lateral veins, initially sparsely strigose;

fall leaves orange, red, or reddish purple.

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

on fertile shoots 10–20 mm with 4 leaves, 1–4-flowered, compact.

1–3 mm, tomentose-strigose.

1–3 mm, strigose.

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).

6–8 mm, opening small;

hypanthium cupulate, strigose;

sepals: margins villous, apex acute or acuminate, surfaces strigose;

petals erect-incurved, pale red, base dark red, border white;

stamens 10–15, filaments dark red, whitish distally, anthers white;

styles (1 or)2(or 3).

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.

dark red to ruby (finally blackish red), cylindric, oblong-ellipsoid, or narrowly obovoid, 8–11 × 4–8 mm, shiny, not glaucous, sparsely pilose;

sepals suberect, sparsely pilose;

navel open;

style remnants 2/3 from base.

3 or 4(or 5).

(1 or)2(or 3) [rarely 4].