Flora of North America species comparison

bright green (sometimes darker green in subsp. californica), not glaucous, thin, not leathery, not reticulately veined abaxially, terminal tooth of terminal leaflet longer than or equal to adjacent teeth (sometimes equal to or shorter than adjacent teeth in subsp. californica).

dark or dull green, not glaucous, thick, leathery, strongly reticulately veined abaxially, terminal tooth of terminal leaflet usually shorter than adjacent teeth, abaxial surface densely silky, adaxial glabrous, shiny.

bisexual or unisexual;

hypanthium 11–21.2 mm diam.;

petals 5, ± obovate to nearly orbiculate, margins overlapping or distinct.

bisexual, pistillate or staminate (plants dioecious or trioecious);

hypanthium 14.5–27.8 mm diam.;

petals 5(or 6), obovate to widely depressed obovate, margins distinct or overlapping.

deeply embedded, in shallow pits, or superficial, yellowish green to reddish brown, 1–1.5 mm;

bractlets and sepals clasping, spreading, or reflexed in fruit;

torus easily or not easily separating from hypanthium.

in shallow pits or partially embedded, reddish brown to dark brown, 1.4–2 mm;

bractlets and sepals clasping;

torus not easily separated from hypanthium.