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 3–7 mm, tomentose;

blade elliptic, 35–77 × 15–35 mm, subcoriaceous or coriaceous, base cuneate or obtuse, margins flat, veins 5–9, ± superficial, apex acute or obtuse, abaxial surfaces gray-tomentose, adaxial green, dull, slightly glaucous, flat between lateral veins, initially sparsely pilose.

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

on fertile shoots 30–60 mm, usually with 3 leaves, 15–40-flowered, compact.

1–3 mm, tomentose-strigose.

1–5 mm, tomentose.

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).

6–6.5(–9) mm diam.;

buds white;

hypanthium cupulate, tomentose;

sepals: margins villous, apex cuspidate, acute or obtuse, surfaces tomentose;

petals spreading, creamy white, glabrous;

stamens 15–17(–20), filaments white, anthers pink-purple to dark purple;

styles [1 or]2.

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 [rarely maroon], globose, 6–7 mm, shiny, not glaucous, sparsely villous;

sepals suberect, margins villous, tomentose;

navel open;

style remnants at apex.

3 or 4(or 5).

[1 or]2.