Flora of North America species comparison

with axillary end buds, glabrous.

with terminal end buds, hairy.

deciduous;

petiole 2–14 mm, usually sparsely hairy on adaxial surface, rarely glabrous or hairy on both surfaces, usually eglandular, sometimes glandular distally, glands 1–2;

blade lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, usually folded along midribs, often ± falcate, 1.5–6 × 0.8–2 cm, base cuneate to obtuse, margins crenulate-serrulate, teeth blunt, glandular, glands reddish orange, conic, apex acute, abaxial surface glabrate with hairs along midribs and major veins, adaxial glabrous.

deciduous;

petiole 5–10 mm, hairy, glandular distally or on margins at bases of blades;

blade elliptic, oblong-ovate, or ovate, 3–8 × 1.5–4 cm, base obtuse, margins doubly serrate, teeth sharp, glandular, apex acuminate, abaxial surface hairy along midribs and veins, adaxial glabrous or with appressed hairs along midrib.

2–4-flowered, umbellate fascicles.

2–5-flowered, umbellate fascicles.

3–10 mm, glabrous.

8–22 mm, hairy.

blooming before, sometimes at, leaf emergence;

hypanthium campanulate, 1.5–3 mm, usually glabrous, rarely hairy, externally;

sepals erect to spreading, ovate, 1–2 mm, margins entire, sparsely ciliate, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial hairy;

petals white, suborbiculate to obovate, 3–6 mm;

ovaries glabrous.

blooming before leaf emergence;

hypanthium tubular to tubular-urceolate, 4–7 mm, hairy externally;

sepals erect to spreading, oblong-ovate, 2–5 mm, margins toothed, sometimes glandular, abaxial surface sparsely hairy, adaxial glabrous;

petals pale pink, oblong to obovate, 8–12 mm;

ovaries glabrous.

red to yellow, lightly glaucous, globose to ellipsoid, 15–20 mm, glabrous;

mesocarps fleshy;

stones ovoid, ± flattened.

black, subglobose, 8 mm, glabrous;

mesocarps fleshy;

stones ellipsoid, not flattened.

= 16.

= 24 (Japan).