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 2–3 mm;

blade greenish white, glaucescent abaxially, dull green to yellowish green adaxially, ovate to oblong, 2.5–6 × 2–3 cm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces densely short-hairy (longer hairs to ca. 0.2 mm), sessile-glandular abaxially.

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.

drooping, 2–4-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary, bracteate, 1–2.5 cm, glabrous or pilose, sessile-glandular;

bracts early-deciduous, leaflike, 5–6 mm, shorter than pedicels, densely hairy.

3–6 mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular;

bracteoles 1(–2), 1–2 mm.

8–15(–20) mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular;

bracteoles 1–2, 1–2.5 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, 1–1.2 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy, sessile-glandular;

petals 5, corolla greenish white, campanulate-conic, 3–5 mm, lobes deltate, ca. 1 mm;

filaments 0.5–1 mm, ciliate;

anthers included (tips barely exserted), 2.5 mm, thecae not divergent distally;

ovary glabrous.

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

juicy, sweet, dark blue, sometimes black, rarely white, glaucous, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous.

ca. 2 mm.

1.5 mm.

= 24.