Flora of North America species comparison

with axillary end buds, hairy.

with axillary end buds, canescent.

deciduous;

petiole 4–7 mm, hairy, eglandular;

blade elliptic to obovate, 1.5–4 × 1–2.2 cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins crenulate-serrulate, teeth blunt, often glandular, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface hairy (especially along midribs and veins), adaxial glabrate.

deciduous;

petiole 1–2(–6) mm, glabrous, eglandular;

blade elliptic or obovate, 0.5–1.6(–3.5) × 0.3–0.8(–2.1) cm, base cuneate, margins usually entire, sometimes irregularly serrulate (sometimes dentate on long shoots), teeth sharp to blunt, eglandular, some callus-tipped, apex usually obtuse to rounded, sometimes apiculate, surfaces glabrous.

usually solitary flowers, sometimes 2-flowered fascicles.

solitary flowers.

0.5–5(–8) mm, usually glabrous, rarely hairy.

0–2 mm, puberulent.

blooming before leaf emergence;

hypanthium cupulate, 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous externally;

sepals spreading, oblong, 1.5–2.5 mm, margins glandular-toothed, surfaces glabrous or adaxially hairy at bases;

petals white, elliptic, 4–8 mm;

ovaries glabrous.

unisexual, plants dioecious, blooming at leaf emergence;

hypanthium campanulate, 2–3 mm, glabrous externally;

sepals spreading, triangular, 0.7–1.5 mm, margins entire, surfaces glabrous;

petals white, obovate, 2–3.5 mm;

ovaries hairy.

bluish black, globose, 10–15 mm, glabrous;

mesocarps fleshy;

stones subglobose, ± flattened.

reddish brown, globose to ovoid, 9–12 mm, puberulent;

hypanthium tardily deciduous;

mesocarps leathery to dry (slightly splitting);

stones ovoid to subglobose, not flattened.

= 32.