Flora of North America species comparison

sparingly branched.

sparingly branched.

4–12 × 2–5 cm;

blade ovate to oblong-lanceolate, subcordate to oblique basally, abaxial surface and margins moderately pubescent, hairs scattered, flattened, apex acute to short-acuminate, with 7–9 prominent veins.

5–15 × 2–5 cm;

blade ovate to oblanceolate, rounded basally, adaxial surface glabrate or veins moderately pubescent, abaxial surface lanulose, densely so on veins, margins short-pubescent, hairs uniform, pointed sharply forward, apex narrowly acuminate.

1–2(–3);

perianth narrowly campanulate;

tepals creamy to greenish white, narrowly oblanceolate, 8–15 mm;

stamens mostly exserted;

filaments filiform, 10–15 mm;

anthers 3–4(–5) mm;

ovary broadly ovoid to obovoid, becoming 3-lobed and obpyriform after anthesis, finely papillose, ovules 2–6 per locule, horizontal;

style 0.9–1.2 cm, glabrous or pubescent;

stigma unlobed or 3-lobed.

1–3;

perianth turbinate, narrowed basally;

tepals spreading, greenish white to greenish yellow, linear-lanceolate to linear-elliptic, 15–22 mm, apex long-acuminate;

stamens included, 8–15 mm;

filaments narrowly dilated basally, 6–12 mm;

anthers 2–4 mm, glabrous;

ovary narrowly ellipsoid, glabrous, ovules 2 per locule, pendulous;

style stout, 8–12 mm, glabrous;

stigma weakly 3-lobed.

reddish orange to bright red, 6–12(–18)-seeded, depressed-globose, 12–18 mm, strongly papillose.

bright red, 1–2(–4)-seeded, globose, 10–15 mm, glabrous.

4–5 mm.

5–6 mm.

= 22. 

= 18.