Flora of North America species comparison

sometimes reduced or absent;

petiole 8–60 mm, channeled adaxially, glabrous;

blade not or, rarely, obscurely maculate, dull and light green to purplish abaxially, shiny and dark green, rarely with white tissue bordering larger veins adaxially, ovate, elliptic, obovate, or round, (6–)18–28(–33) × (5–)10–30 mm, coriaceous, base rounded to truncate or decurrent, margins entire or crenulate to crenulate-serrulate, apex obtuse to rounded.

petiole 10–65(–80) mm, channeled adaxially, glabrous;

blade not or, sometimes, maculate, dull and light green to purplish abaxially, shiny and dark green, sometimes with white tissue bordering larger veins adaxially, ovate to elliptic or round to subreniform, 9–33(–45) × 10–50 mm, coriaceous, base truncate to rounded or cordate, margins subentire to crenate or crenate-serrulate, apex rounded to acute.

1–2(–3) per stem, (1–)2–8(–17)-flowered;

peduncular bracts absent or 1(–2), subulate to linear-lanceolate, 2.8–5 × 0.5–0.8 mm, membranous, margins entire or erose-denticulate;

inflorescence bracts subulate to lanceolate, usually shorter than, rarely longer than, subtended pedicels, (2.3–)3–5(–7.7) × 0.5–0.8 mm, membranous.

1 per stem, 4–12-flowered;

peduncular bracts absent or 1–3, ovate-lanceolate to ovate, 6–12 × (2–)3–5 mm, chartaceous or membranous, margins entire;

inflorescence bracts ovate-lanceolate to ovate, longer than subtended pedicels, 4.5–10 × 1.8–3.4 mm, chartaceous.

3–8 mm.

3–8 mm.

calyx lobes appressed or spreading in fruit, green or pinkish with margins hyaline to white, deltate to deltate-ovate, (0.9–)1.2–1.7 × (0.9–)1.3–1.9 mm, margins entire or obscurely erose-denticulate, apices acute to obtuse;

petals greenish white to yellowish white, obovate, (4–)4.5–9 × 3.3–5.5 mm, margins entire or obscurely erose-denticulate;

stamens 4–7.5 mm;

filament base 0.7–1.2 mm wide;

anthers (2.1–)2.5–3(–3.7) mm, apiculations absent or less than 0.1 mm, thecae creamy white or tan to yellowish, tubules yellowish brown, 0.7–1.1 mm, abruptly narrowed from thecae, lateral walls not touching or connivent distally, pores 0.2–0.4 × 0.1–0.2 mm;

ovary smooth;

style exserted, (4–)5–7 mm;

stigma 0.9–1.5 mm wide, lobes erect.

calyx lobes appressed or spreading in fruit, green, pinkish, or reddish with margins hyaline to white or pinkish, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, (2.2–)2.8–6 × (0.9–)1.2–2 mm, margins entire or erose-denticulate, apices obtuse to rounded;

petals white, often suffused with pink, obovate to round, 6–10(–11) × 4.2–6 mm, margins entire or erose-denticulate, especially distally;

stamens 4–7.5 mm;

filament base 0.2–0.3 mm wide;

anthers 1.6–3 mm, apiculations absent or less than 0.1 mm, thecae creamy yellow to golden yellow, tubules yellow to yellowish brown, 0.1–0.3 mm, scarcely narrowed above thecae, lateral walls touching for most of their lengths, pores 0.1–0.2 × 0.1–0.2 mm;

ovary smooth;

style scarcely exserted, 4.5–8 mm;

stigma 0.7–1.1 mm wide, lobes erect.

depressed-globose, 3–4.5 × 3.5–6.4 mm.

depressed-globose, 2.9–4 × 3.8–6 mm.

= 46.

= 46, 69.