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 2–5 mm, tomentose-pilose;

blade ovate to elliptic or broadly ovate, 9–38 × 7–23 mm, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, base obtuse or cuneate, margins flat, not revolute, veins 2–4, lightly sunken, apex acute or acuminate, abaxial surfaces densely grayish tomentose, adaxial dark green to grayish green, shiny, not glaucous, flat, rarely slightly bulging, between lateral veins, slightly rugose, pilose;

fall leaves bright yellow to orange or red.

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

on fertile shoots 10–35 mm with 4 leaves, 2–7(–10)-flowered, compact.

3–5 mm, densely pilose-strigose.

1–3 mm, tomentose-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.

erect, 6–7.5 mm, closed;

hypanthium funnelform, proximally tomentose-strigose, distally tomentose-pilose;

sepals: margins reddish tomentose, borders purple, broad, glabrous, apex cuspidate or apiculate, surfaces pilose;

petals erect-incurved, dark pink to red, base dark red, margins off-white;

stamens 14–20, filaments red to dark red, anthers white;

styles 3 or 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, broadly obovoid, sometimes globose or depressed-globose, 5–9.1 × 5.1–8.8 mm, slightly shiny, not glaucous, pilose;

sepals flat, tomentose;

navel open;

style remnants 1/2–2/3 from base.

1 or 2.

3 or 4(or 5).