Flora of North America species comparison

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.

deciduous;

petiole 5–8 mm, pilose-villous;

blade suborbiculate, broadly elliptic, ovate, or rhombic, 34–40 × 20–32 mm, subcoriaceous, base obtuse or cuneate, margins flat, veins 5 or 6, superficial, apex acute [acuminate or apiculate], abaxial surfaces pale green, initially densely pilose, soon glabrous, adaxial brownish or coppery green, soon light green, slightly shiny, not glaucous, flat between lateral veins, glabrescent;

fall leaves lacking notable color.

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

on fertile shoots 25–40 mm with 3 or 4 leaves, 5–12-flowered, lax.

1–4 mm, densely long-silky hairy.

3–12 mm, glabrate.

(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).

12–14 mm diam.;

buds white;

hypanthium cupulate, glabrous;

sepals: margins sparsely villous, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces glabrous;

petals spreading, white, with hair tuft;

stamens (16–)20, filaments white, anthers white;

styles (1 or)2.

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.

red, dark red, red-purple, crimson, or rich red with cherry, globose or depressed-globose, 10–13 × 12–13 mm, slightly shiny, not glaucous, glabrous;

sepals suberect, indumentum not recorded;

navel semiopen;

style remnants at or near apex.

2 or 3(or 4).

(1 or)2.

= 68 (Germany).

= 68.