Flora of North America species comparison

erect;

branches divaricate or spiraled, spreading, lateral branches well developed, usually arching, long, brownish violet, initially strigose.

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 3–4 mm, strigose;

blade elliptic, rarely ovate or suborbiculate, on sterile shoots usually elliptic or broadly elliptic, 10–30 × 7–21 mm, chartaceous, base obtuse, margins flat, not revolute, sometimes undulate, veins 3 or 4, superficial or slightly sunken, apex acute, rarely acuminate, abaxial surfaces pale green, initially strigose, adaxial dark green, shiny, not glaucous, flat between lateral veins, initially sparsely strigose;

fall leaves orange, red, or reddish purple.

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

on fertile shoots 10–20 mm with 4 leaves, 1–4-flowered, compact.

3–5 mm, densely pilose-strigose.

1–3 mm, 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.

6–8 mm, opening small;

hypanthium cupulate, strigose;

sepals: margins villous, apex acute or acuminate, surfaces strigose;

petals erect-incurved, pale red, base dark red, border white;

stamens 10–15, filaments dark red, whitish distally, anthers white;

styles (1 or)2(or 3).

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.

dark red to ruby (finally blackish red), cylindric, oblong-ellipsoid, or narrowly obovoid, 8–11 × 4–8 mm, shiny, not glaucous, sparsely pilose;

sepals suberect, sparsely pilose;

navel open;

style remnants 2/3 from base.

1 or 2.

(1 or)2(or 3) [rarely 4].