Flora of North America species comparison

petiole 4–20 mm, channeled adaxially, glabrous;

blade dull and light green abaxially, shiny and green adaxially, (10–)20–47(–58) × 7–28(–35) mm, base rounded to acute, apex rounded to acute.

(2–)3–29-flowered;

peduncle 10–20(–25) cm, peduncular bracts absent or 2–7, subulate to narrowly or broadly lanceolate, 3–9 × 1–2 mm, membranous, margins entire or erose-denticulate;

inflorescence bracts subulate to lanceolate-ovate or narrowly ovate, ca. as long as pedicels they subtend, 4–9 × 0.4–1.8 mm, herbaceous.

(1–)3–7(–9) mm.

calyx lobes appressed or spreading in fruit, entirely green or margins hyaline to white or pinkish, 0.5–1.5 × 0.5–1.3 mm, margins erose-denticulate, sometimes obscurely so, apex rounded to obtuse;

petals broadly ovate, 4.5–6 × 3–4 mm, margins erose-denticulate or irregularly toothed;

stamens 4–8 mm;

filament base 0.1–0.3 mm wide;

anthers 1.2–1.8 mm, thecae tan or light brown, pores 0.2–0.5 × 0.2–0.4 mm;

ovary smooth;

style 3–5(–7) mm;

stigma 1.4–2 mm wide.

depressed-globose, 3–5 × 4–6 mm.

= 38.