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 14–20 mm, glabrous, eglandular;

blade elliptic, oblong-ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 6–13 × 2.5–7 cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins crenate-dentate, teeth blunt, glandular, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous, abaxial eglandular, if glands present, restricted to margins.

2–4-flowered, umbellate fascicles.

18–60[–100]-flowered, racemes;

central axes 100–280 mm, leafless at bases.

7–20 mm, usually glabrous, rarely hairy.

7–15(–22) 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 after leaf emergence;

hypanthium cupulate, 2.5–3.5 mm, glabrous externally;

sepals spreading to reflexed, semicircular, 1–1.5 mm, margins entire, ± ciliate, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial hairy;

petals white, suborbiculate to obovate, 4–7 mm;

ovaries glabrous.

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

mesocarps fleshy;

stones ovoid-ellipsoid, strongly flattened.

dark purple, ovoid to conic-ovoid, 8–12 mm, glabrous;

mesocarps fleshy to leathery;

stones ovoid, not flattened.

= 16.

= 32, 64.