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 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.

persistent, often 30–40 mm apart;

petiole 2–4 mm, tomentose-pilose;

blade ovate or elliptic, 22–58 × 12–29 mm, coriaceous, base cuneate or obtuse, margins flat, veins 4 or 5, sunken, apex acute or acuminate, mucronate, abaxial surfaces silvery-tomentose, adaxial grayish green, slightly shiny, not glaucous, flat, rarely slightly bulging between lateral veins, drying slightly rugose, pilose.

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

on fertile shoots 30–60 mm with 4 leaves, 5–15(–25)-flowered, compact.

1–3 mm, strigose.

1–4 mm, densely long-silky hairy.

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).

(5–)7–8(–10) mm, opening small;

hypanthium cupulate, densely long-silky hairy;

sepals: margins villous, borders purple, glabrous, apex cuspidate or acuminate, surfaces silky hairy;

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

stamens 16–21, filaments pink, distally white, anthers pink or purplish pink;

styles 2 or 3(or 4).

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.

orange-red, obovoid base rounded or obconic base cuneate, straight-sided, 8–12 × 6–9 mm, apex flat, shiny, not glaucous, sparsely pilose;

sepals flat, often asymmetric with 2 sepals longer than others, tomentose;

navel slightly open;

style remnants 3/4 from base.

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

2 or 3(or 4).

= 68 (Germany).