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.

usually semipersistent (persisting to April if sheltered), sometimes deciduous;

petiole 4–10 mm, densely villose-strigose;

blade elliptic, (25–)50–127 × 13–49[–62 in cultivation] mm, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, base cuneate or obtuse, margins flat, veins 7 or 8, superficial, apex acute or obtuse, abaxial surfaces pale gray-green, initially villous, later glabrate, adaxial dark green, shiny, not glaucous, flat between lateral veins, sometimes becoming slightly rugose, glabrate;

fall leaves pale yellowish green.

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

on fertile shoots 40–70 mm with 2 or 3 leaves, 5–34-flowered, lax.

3–8 mm, sometimes sparsely villous.

1–8 mm, sparsely villose-strigose.

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.

8–12.5 mm diam.;

buds white;

hypanthium cupulate, densely villous;

sepals: margins maroon, tomentose, apex acute, surfaces densely villous;

petals spreading, white, sometimes with hair tuft;

stamens 18–20, filaments white, anthers red-purple or dark red-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, often tinged with pink, green, brown, or purple, obovoid, rarely subglobose, 8.5–12.8 × 8–12 mm, dull, slightly glaucous, sparsely villous;

sepals flat, margins tomentose, densely villous;

navel slightly open;

style remnants near apex.

2–4.

[1 or]2.

= 48–52, 68 (Russia).