Flora of North America species comparison

with axillary end buds, usually glabrous, rarely hairy.

with terminal end buds, glabrous.

deciduous;

petiole 8–22 mm, glabrate with hairs adaxially, sometimes glandular distally, glands 1–3, discoid;

blade broadly elliptic to obovate, (5–)7–11 × 3–6.5 cm, base obtuse to rounded or subcordate, margins doubly crenate-serrate, teeth blunt, glandular, apex abruptly acuminate, abaxial surface hairy along midribs and major veins, adaxial glabrous.

persistent;

petiole 3–25 mm, glabrous, eglandular;

blade oblong-ovate to ovate-lanceolate or ovate to suborbiculate, 1.6–12 × 1.2–5(–7) cm, base usually broadly rounded to subcordate, sometimes obtuse, margins spinose-dentate to spinose-serrulate or entire, sometimes undulate, teeth sharp, callus-tipped, sometimes glandular at leaf base, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces glabrous, abaxial eglandular, if glands present, restricted to margins.

2–4-flowered, umbellate fascicles.

15–40-flowered, racemes;

central axes 30–80 mm, leafless at bases.

7–20 mm, usually glabrous, rarely hairy.

1–5 mm, glabrous.

blooming before or at leaf emergence;

hypanthium red-tinged, obconic, 3–4(–5) mm, usually glabrous, rarely hairy externally;

sepals broadly spreading to reflexed, ovate, 2–4(–5) mm, margins glandular-toothed, abaxial surface usually glabrous, rarely sparsely hairy, adaxial glabrous or hairy;

petals white, often fading to pink, suborbiculate to oblong-obovate, 8–13 mm;

ovaries glabrous.

blooming before leaf emergence;

hypanthium cupulate, 2–3 mm, glabrous externally;

sepals erect to spreading, triangular, 0.7–1.2 mm, margins entire, surfaces usually glabrous, rarely with scattered hairs;

petals white to yellowish, elliptic, obovate, or suborbiculate, 1–3 mm;

ovaries glabrous.

red, orange, or yellowish, barely glaucous, globose to ellipsoid, 15–30 mm, glabrous;

mesocarps fleshy;

stones ovoid-ellipsoid, strongly flattened.

dark red to purple or blue-black, obovoid or ellipsoid to globose, 12–25 mm, glabrous;

mesocarps leathery;

stones subglobose to ellipsoid, ± flattened.

= 16.