Flora of North America species comparison

deciduous;

petiole 5–9 mm, pilose-strigose;

blade elliptic, broadly elliptic, or broadly obovate, sometimes suborbiculate, 25–58 × 15–40 mm, subcoriaceous, base obtuse or cuneate, margins flat, veins 4–6, slightly sunken, apex obtuse or truncate, seldom acute, abaxial surfaces color not recorded, reticulate, tomentose-pilose, later thinning, adaxial dark green, dull, coating not recorded, flat between lateral veins, glabrescent;

fall leaves pale yellowish green.

deciduous;

petiole 1–2 mm, glabrescent;

blade elliptic or ovate, rarely suborbiculate, 8–15 × 5–12 mm, chartaceous, base rounded, margins slightly undulate, not revolute, veins 2 or 3, superficial, apex acute or obtuse, abaxial surfaces green, glabrate, midrib strigose, adaxial green, dull to slightly shiny, not glaucous, flat between lateral veins, glabrous.

on fertile shoots 30–50 mm with 3–4 leaves, 7–20-flowered, lax.

on fertile shoots 6–10 mm with 2 or 3 leaves, 1(or 2)-flowered, subsessile.

2–5 mm, pilose-strigose.

0–1.5 mm, glabrate.

10–12 mm diam., buds white, hypanthium campanulate to cupulate, sparsely pilose-strigose;

sepals: margins reddish, villous, borders maroon-tipped, membranous, apex acute, acuminate, or obtuse, surfaces sparsely pilose-strigose;

petals spreading, white, sometimes with hair tuft;

stamens (15–)20, filaments white;

anthers purple to blackish purple;

styles 1(or 2).

4–7 mm;

hypanthium funnelform, maroon, glabrate;

sepals sometimes recurved, margins villous, apex lingulate or acute, surfaces glabrous;

petals erect, dark red;

stamens 10(–13), filaments pink to red, anthers white;

styles 2(or 3).

dark red or ruby to maroon, maturing dark purple or purple-black, obovoid, rarely globose or ellipsoid, 9–12.5 × 8.5–11.5 mm, dull, glaucous, glabrous;

sepals flat, margins sparsely hairy, sparsely hairy to glabrate;

navel open;

style remnants at apex.

bright red, broadly obovoid to globose, 6–7 mm, shiny, not glaucous, succulent, glabrous;

sepals suberect, glabrous;

navel open;

style remnants 4/5 from base.

1(or 2).

2(or 3).

= 34 (Sweden).