Flora of North America species comparison

erect;

twigs glabrous or hairy, sometimes glandular.

petiole 1–2(–4) mm;

blade pale green abaxially, green to yellowish green adaxially, ovate to oblong, (2–)2.5–5 × 1–2.5 cm, membranous to subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces glabrous, sometimes puberulent on major veins, sessile-glandular.

deciduous (G. brachycera persistent);

blade obovate or ovate to oblong or oblanceolate, membranous or coriaceous, margins entire or crenate (sometimes serrulate) [glandular-crenate], plane or revolute, glabrous or hairy;

venation reticulodromous.

drooping, 3–7-flowered, bracteate, 0.5–1.5 cm, glabrous;

bracts early-deciduous, not leaflike (linear-lanceolate), 2–4 mm, shorter than pedicels, glabrous, sessile-glandular.

axillary or terminal racemes, 2–8-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary.

3–6 mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular;

bracteoles 1(–2), 1–2 mm.

sepals 5, 0.7–1 mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular;

petals 4–5, corolla orange to red, campanulate-conic, 4–5 mm, lobes 0.5–0.7 mm;

filaments 2 mm, glabrous;

anthers included, 2.2–2.5 mm, thecae divergent distally;

ovary glabrous.

sepals (4–)5, sometimes vestigial, connate basally, deltate (straight or inflexed in fruit);

petals 4–5, connate for nearly their entire lengths, greenish white or white to pink or orange to red, corolla urceolate, campanulate, or campanulate-conic, lobes much shorter than tube;

stamens 10, included, (slightly shorter than corolla);

filaments straight, flattened, glabrous or pilose, without spurs;

anthers without awns, dehiscent through narrowly oblong, terminal pores;

pistil 5–10-carpellate;

ovary inferior, 5- or 10-locular;

stigma capitate.

drupaceous, ovoid to globose, fleshy.

juicy, sweet, glossy black (sometimes blue, rarely white), 6–7 mm diam., glabrous.

ca. 2 mm.

(pyrenes) 10, ellipsoid;

testa stony, papillose (smooth in G. ursina).

= 12.

= 24.