Flora of North America species comparison

persistent;

petiole 4–7 mm, tomentose;

blade elliptic, sometimes broadly elliptic, 15–35(–39) x 10–19(–26) mm, mid-coriaceous, base cuneate, margins flat, veins 4–6, usually superficial, sometimes slightly sunken, apex acute or obtuse, abaxial surfaces whitish tomentose, adaxial green to blue-green, dull, not glaucous, usually flat between lateral veins, initially sparsely pilose.

persistent, petiole 1–5 mm, strigose;

blade oblanceolate or oblong, rarely lanceolate, 8–17 × 3–8 mm, coriaceous, base cuneate, margins revolute, veins 2–4, superficial, apex rotund or obtuse, rarely emarginate or acute, abaxial surfaces grayish white, faintly reticulate, initially densely strigose or strigose-pilose, later glabrate, adaxial dark green, sometimes blue-green, shiny, not glaucous, not bulging between lateral veins, initially strigose, soon glabrate.

on fertile shoots 20–45 mm, usually with 4 leaves, (3–)5–15(–25)-flowered, compact.

on fertile shoots 5–12 mm with 2 or 3 leaves, 1(or 2)-flowered, subsessile.

1–5 mm, tomentose.

erect, densely strigose.

[7–]8.5–10 mm diam.;

buds white;

hypanthium funnelform or cupulate, silky-tomentose;

sepals: margins villous, borders white, narrow, membranous, apex red, cuspidate, sometimes acute or obtuse, surfaces tomentose;

petals spreading, white, sometimes with hair tuft;

stamens 16–20, filaments white, anthers dark pink-purple to purple;

styles (1 or)2.

7–15 mm diam.;

buds pink;

hypanthium narrowly cupulate, densely strigose;

sepals: margins densely villose-strigose, borders membranous, apex often red, acute or obtuse, sometimes shortly mucronate, surfaces often densely strigose-villous;

petals spreading, white, glabrous;

stamens 20, filaments white, anthers red-purple;

styles 2[or 3].

red, globose, depressed-globose, subglobose, or broadly obovoid, 5–9.2 × 5.5–9.5 mm, shiny, not glaucous, villous;

sepals suberect, tomentose;

navel open;

style remnants at apex.

dark red with crimson, sometimes red, depressed-globose, 7–9 × 7–10 mm, dull or slightly shiny, glaucous, sparsely villous;

sepals suberect or erect, villous;

navel open;

style remnants at apex.

(1 or)2.

2[or 3].

= 68 (Germany).

= 68 (Germany).