Flora of North America species comparison

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.

petiole to 1.5 mm;

blade light green abaxially, shiny dark green adaxially, oblanceolate to obovate, 2–4 × 1–2 cm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margins entire (scattered stipitate-glandular-hairy and ciliate, 7–10 cilia per mm), apex obtuse to subacute, mucronate, surfaces persistently stipitate-glandular-hairy and sessile-glandular.

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.

erect or arching, 3–7-flowered, bracteate, 2–5 cm, stipitate-glandular-hairy and hairy;

bracts persistent, leaflike, 2–5 mm, expanding to 5–10 mm, longer than pedicels, densely stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs 0.3–0.5 mm).

3–6 mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular;

bracteoles 1(–2), 1–2 mm.

2–4 mm, stipitate-glandular-hairy;

bracteoles 1–2, 2–5 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 5, 2 mm, densely stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs 0.3–0.5 mm);

petals 5, corolla white to pink or reddish, campanulate, 6.5–7.5 mm (averaging 7 mm), lobes triangular, 1.2–1.7 mm;

filaments 0.3–0.5 mm, moderately hairy;

anthers included, 3.2–4 mm (averaging 3.7 mm), thecae divergent distally;

ovary stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs 0.3–0.5 mm).

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

juicy, insipid, black, 6–8 mm diam., moderately glandular-hairy.

ca. 2 mm.

1.7–2 mm.

= 24.