Flora of North America species comparison

deciduous;

petiole 4–6 mm, densely pilose-strigose;

blade on sterile shoots elliptic, (35–)50–80(–103) x (13–)17–37(–42) mm, chartaceous, margins flat, base cuneate, veins 6–10, superficial or lightly sunken, apex acute or obtuse, abaxial surfaces color not recorded, villose-strigose, adaxial brownish green, soon green, dull, coating not recorded, flat between lateral veins, glabrate;

fall leaves yellow.

deciduous;

petiole 1–2 mm, yellow-villous;

blade elliptic, on vigorous shoots obovate-orbiculate, 9–14 × 8–12 mm, chartaceous, base obtuse or acute, margins flat or slightly undulate, veins 2 or 3, superficial or slightly sunken, apex obtuse or truncate, mucronulate, abaxial surfaces shiny, sparsely golden yellow-pilose, adaxial green to dark green, shiny, not glaucous, flat or scarcely bulging between lateral veins, glabrous;

fall leaves ruby red.

on fertile shoots 40–50 mm with 2–4 leaves, 10–25-flowered, lax.

on fertile shoots 9–11 mm with 3 leaves, (1 or)2 or 3-flowered, compact.

3–5 mm, densely pilose-strigose.

0.2–1 mm, pilose.

10–12 mm diam.;

buds white;

hypanthium cupulate, villose-strigose;

sepals: margins villous, apex acute, surfaces sparsely villous;

petals spreading, white, with large hair tuft;

stamens (16–)20, filaments white, anthers black, styles 1 or 2.

6 mm, closed or nearly so;

hypanthium funnelform, sparsely yellow-pilose-strigose;

sepals: margins yellow-villous, apex green and red-purple, acuminate or acute, surfaces sparsely pilose;

petals erect-incurved, dark red, base purple-black, margins narrowly white;

stamens 10–14, filaments dark red to dark purple-red, white distally, anthers white [pink-tinged];

styles 2 or 3(or 4).

maroon to purple-black, obovoid to elliptic-obovoid, 9–12 × 9–10 mm, slightly shiny, glaucous, sometimes sparsely villous;

sepals flat, margins glabrous, sparsely villous;

navel slightly open;

style remnants 9/10 from base.

bright red, usually broadly obovoid, sometimes obovoid, 7–8 × 7–8 mm, shiny, not glaucous, glabrate;

sepals suberect, margins villous, sparsely pilose;

navel open;

style remnants 3/4 from base.

1 or 2.

2 or 3(or 4).