Flora of North America species comparison

with axillary end buds, glabrous.

with terminal end buds, sparsely 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 10–20 mm, hairy, sometimes glandular distally, glands 1–2;

blade elliptic-ovate to obovate, 5–12 × 2.5–7 cm, base rounded, margins doubly serrate, teeth aristate, glandular, apex acuminate, abaxial surface hairy along midribs and veins, adaxial glabrous.

2–4-flowered, umbellate fascicles.

2–6-flowered, corymbs;

central axes 4–8(–20) mm.

3–10 mm, glabrous.

15–25 mm (subtended by leafy bracts), 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, 7–8 mm, hairy externally;

sepals spreading, ovate-lanceolate, 4–5 mm, margins glandular-toothed, abaxial surface hairy, adaxial sparsely hairy;

petals white or pink, broadly elliptic to obovate, 13–15 mm;

ovaries glabrous.

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

mesocarps fleshy;

stones ovoid, ± flattened.

black, subglobose, 7–12 mm, glabrous;

mesocarps fleshy;

stones ellipsoid, not flattened.

= 16.

= 16 (Japan).