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.

persistent;

petiole 2–9 mm, villose-strigose;

blade elliptic or obovate, rarely suborbiculate, 13–43 × 6–26 mm, coriaceous, base cuneate or obtuse, margins revolute, veins 5–8, sunken, apex obtuse or acute, rarely retuse, abaxial surfaces grayish green, reticulate, initially villous, adaxial light green to green, intensely shiny, not glaucous, reticulate-rugose, not bulging between lateral veins, often single hairs on midrib.

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

on fertile shoots 20–40 mm, usually with 4 leaves, (1 or)2 or 3(or 4)-flowered, compact.

3–5 mm, densely pilose-strigose.

4–15 mm, thin, villose-strigose.

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.

slightly pendent, 10–12 mm diam.;

buds white;

hypanthium cupulate, sparsely pilose-strigose;

sepals: margins sparsely villous, apex obtuse or acute, surfaces sparsely pilose-strigose;

petals spreading, white, glabrous;

stamens 20, filaments white, anthers purple-black;

styles 4 or 5.

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, obovoid to broadly obovoid, rarely globose, 6–10 × 6–8 mm, shiny, not glaucous, glabrous;

sepals suberect, glabrous;

navel open;

style remnants at apex.

1 or 2.

4 or 5.

= 34 (Germany).