Flora of North America species comparison

deciduous, sessile;

blade oblong to lanceolate, 3–8 × 1–2.5 cm, membranous, adaxial surface matte.

clustered distally, sessile or subsessile;

blade obovate or oblong to lanceolate, surfaces glabrous or hairy.

2–4-flowered.

terminal or axillary, capitate, fasciculate, or racemose, flowers sessile [petiolate];

bracts 0.

fragrant, sessile, appearing before leaves, clustered in axils of previous year’s growth;

hypanthium pink, red, or white, tubular, 5–8 mm, sericeous;

calyx lobes ovate or obtuse to rounded, 3–5 mm.

hypanthium tubular to narrowly funnelform;

calyx 4-lobed, lobes spreading or slightly reflexed;

petals absent;

stamens 8, usually included, in distal 1/2 of tube;

style included, short or absent;

stigma capitate.

drupaceous, yellow, red, or black, fleshy, hypanthium not persistent.

red or yellow.

= 18.