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 5–15 mm, glabrous, eglandular;

blade elliptic to obovate, 6–18 × 3–7 cm, base cuneate to obtuse, margins remotely serrulate or nearly entire, teeth blunt, glandular, apex abruptly short-acuminate, apicula acute, surfaces glabrous, abaxial glandular, glands 1–several, proximal, flat, circular to oval.

2–4-flowered, umbellate fascicles.

26–32-flowered, racemes;

central axes (35–)55–130 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, 3–4 mm, glabrous externally;

sepals spreading, triangular, 0.7–1.2 mm, margins usually entire, sometimes with deciduous glands, ciliate in spots, surfaces glabrous or hairy;

petals white, obovate or broadly elliptic to suborbiculate, 3–5 mm;

ovaries glabrous.

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

mesocarps fleshy;

stones ovoid-ellipsoid, strongly flattened.

deep purple-red to nearly black, ovoid to conic-ovoid, 13–17 mm, glabrous;

mesocarps fleshy to leathery;

stones ovoid, not flattened.

= 16.