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.

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

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

1–5 mm, tomentose.

3–7 mm, 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.

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.

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.

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.

(1 or)2.

2 or 3.

= 68 (Germany).

= 68 (Germany).