Flora of North America species comparison

erect, arching, long;

branches distichous, grayish maroon, initially densely strigose.

deciduous (sometimes tardily so on vigorous shoots);

petiole 1–4 mm, strigose;

blade ovate or elliptic, (25–)30–50(–61) x 12–32 mm, chartaceous, base cuneate or rounded, margins flat, veins 3–5, deeply sunken, apex acuminate or acute, abaxial surfaces grayish green, villose-strigose or sparsely to moderately gray-tomentose, adaxial green to dark green, shiny, not glaucous, flat or faintly bulging between lateral veins, pilose-strigose;

fall leaves yellow to orange.

deciduous (sometimes tardily so on vigorous basal sprouts);

petiole often red, 3–4 mm, strigose-pilose;

blade elliptic or narrowly elliptic to sometimes elliptic-ovate or narrowly ovate, 20–48(–61) x (10–)15–29 mm, chartaceous, base cuneate or obtuse, margins flat, veins 2–4, sunken, apex minutely truncate, rarely acute, mucronate, abaxial surfaces densely grayish tomentose, adaxial dark green, shiny, not glaucous, flat between lateral veins, slightly rugose, initially pilose;

fall leaves orange.

on fertile shoots 25–40 mm with (3 or)4 leaves, 3–7(–9)-flowered, compact.

on fertile shoots 30–50 mm with 4–6 leaves, 3–9(–15)-flowered, compact.

1–4 mm, densely strigose.

1–3 mm, strigose-pilose.

erect or ascending, [5–]6–8 mm, opening small;

hypanthium cupulate, strigose;

sepals: margins villous, borders reddish brown, glabrous, apex acuminate or cuspidate, surfaces strigose;

petals erect-incurved, pink to red, base dark pink or red, rarely dark red or maroon, margins white;

stamens 20 or 21, filaments pink or pale pink, whitish distally, anthers white;

styles (2 or)3–5.

6.5–9 mm, open;

hypanthium funnelform, silky tomentose;

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

petals erect-incurved, pink or reddish, base dark red, margins yellowish or off-white;

stamens 17–20, filaments dark red, at least proximally, anthers white;

styles (2 or)3 or 4[or 5].

spreading or pendent, bright red, broadly obovoid or subglobose, rarely oblong-obovoid, 6.3–10.4 × 5.8–9.1 mm, shiny, not glaucous, sparsely strigose;

sepals flat or suberect, strigose;

navel closed;

style remnants 2/3 from base.

orange-red, obovoid to broadly obovoid or subglobose, rarely globose, (7–)8.2–10.1 × 6.6–7.6 mm, slightly shiny, not glaucous, pilose;

sepals flat, tomentose;

navel closed;

style remnants 2/3 from base.

(2 or)3–5.

(2 or)3 or 4[or 5].

= 68 (Germany).

= 68 (England).