Flora of North America species comparison

with terminal end buds, glabrous.

with terminal end buds, glabrous or sparsely to densely puberulent (var. susquehanae).

deciduous;

petiole 10–24 mm, glabrous, usually eglandular, sometimes with discoid marginal glands at bases of blades;

blade broadly elliptic to ovate or obovate, 4.4–6(–8) × 2.8–4(–6) cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins doubly crenate-serrate, teeth blunt, glandular, apex acute to abruptly acuminate, abaxial surface glabrous or glabrate, adaxial glabrous.

deciduous;

petiole 2–10(–13) mm, glabrous or hairy only when young, sometimes glandular distally or on margins at bases of blades, glands 1–2;

blade elliptic, oblanceolate, or obovate, 2.5–8 × 0.8–3 cm, base obtuse, cuneate, or long-attenuate, margins crenulate-serrulate to serrate in distal 1/2–2/3, teeth sharp or blunt, callus-tipped, sometimes glandular, apex short-acuminate to rounded, surfaces glabrous.

1–4-flowered, umbellate fascicles.

2–5-flowered, umbellate fascicles.

8–37 mm, glabrous.

3–19 mm, glabrous.

blooming at leaf emergence;

hypanthium tubular-campanulate, 4–6 mm, glabrous externally;

sepals reflexed, oblong, 4–7 mm, margins regularly glandular-toothed, surfaces glabrous;

petals white, suborbiculate, 10–14 mm;

ovaries glabrous.

blooming before leaf emergence;

hypanthium campanulate, 1.7–3 mm, glabrous externally;

sepals erect to reflexed, semicircular, 1.3–2.8 mm, margins glandular-toothed, surfaces glabrous;

petals white, oblanceolate, oblong, or suborbiculate, 3–9 mm;

ovaries glabrous.

bright red, globose, 13–20 mm, glabrous;

mesocarps fleshy;

stones subglobose, not flattened.

dark purple to nearly black, subglobose or broadly ellipsoid, 6–12 mm, glabrous;

mesocarps fleshy;

stones subglobose, ovoid, or fusiform, not flattened.

= 32.