Flora of North America species comparison

deciduous;

petiole 4–7 mm, tomentose-villous;

blade elliptic to ovate, 33–45 × 20–32 mm, chartaceous, base rounded, margins flat, veins 5–7, superficial, apex acute or obtuse, abaxial surfaces densely silvery-pilose-villous, adaxial green to dark green, dull to slightly shiny, not glaucous, flat between lateral veins, rugose, sparsely pilose;

fall leaves lacking notable color.

persistent, rarely semipersistent (in harsh winters);

petiole 5–7 mm, tomentose;

blade elliptic, sometimes ovate, 25–46 × 11–28 mm, subcoriaceous or coriaceous, base cuneate, margins flat, veins 4–7, superficial, rarely faintly sunken, apex acute, abaxial surfaces initially whitish tomentose, becoming glabrate, adaxial green to dark green, dull, slightly glaucous, flat between lateral veins, initially sparsely pilose.

on fertile shoots 25–30 mm with 3 or 4 leaves, 5–13-flowered, pendent, lax.

on fertile shoots 40–70 mm with 4 leaves, 7–25-flowered, compact to ± lax.

3–8 mm, sometimes sparsely villous.

1–7 mm, silky tomentose.

erect, 6–7 mm, open;

hypanthium cupulate, dark reddish brown, glabrous;

sepals: margins erose, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces glabrous, often apically villous;

petals erect, greenish white with pink, red, base slightly darkened, margins white, glabrous;

stamens 20(–22), filaments white, anthers white;

styles 2–4.

(7–)10–11 mm diam.;

buds white;

hypanthium funnelform, silky tomentose;

sepals: margins villous, apex cuspidate or acuminate, surfaces silky tomentose;

petals spreading, white, rarely with hair tuft;

stamens 20, filaments white, anthers reddish purple;

styles (1 or)2.

purple-black, obovoid or globose, 7–9 × 7–9 mm, dull, glaucous with blue tinge, glabrous;

sepals suberect, glabrous or apically villous;

navel open;

style remnants 2/3 from base.

red to dark red, globose or subglobose, 6–8 × 6–8 mm, dull or slightly shiny, slightly glaucous, glabrescent;

sepals flat, depressed, or incurved, densely villous;

navel open;

style remnants at apex.

2–4.

(1 or)2.

= 48–52, 68 (Russia).

= 51 (Germany).