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 2–5 mm, strigose;

blade elliptic or ovate, 32–72(–104) x 18–37(–46) mm, subcoriaceous to chartaceous, base obtuse or cuneate, margins flat, not revolute, veins 5–8, lightly sunken, apex attenuate to long-acuminate, often acute on short shoots, abaxial surfaces green, shiny, sparsely pilose-strigose, adaxial dark reddish green, shiny, not glaucous, soon dark green, dullish, bulging between lateral veins, rugose, pilose-strigose;

fall leaves purple and rich dark red.

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

on fertile shoots 25–50 mm with 4 leaves, 3–5(–7)-flowered, mostly compact.

1–4 mm, densely long-silky hairy.

3–7 mm, densely strigose.

(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).

6–8 mm, opening small;

hypanthium cupulate, tomentose-strigose;

sepals: margins tomentose, borders brown, broad, glabrous, apex acute, obtuse, or apiculate, surfaces strigose;

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

stamens 18–20, filaments pale pink, white distally, anthers white;

styles 2 or 3.

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.

purple-black, broadly ellipsoid to broadly obovoid, rarely cylindric, 9–11 × 8–11 mm, slightly shiny, not or slightly glaucous, villous;

sepals flat or ascending, margins tomentose, strigose; forming star over open navel;

style remnants 4/5 from base.

2 or 3(or 4).

2 or 3.

= 68 (Germany).

= 68 (Germany).