Flora of North America species comparison

gray, stiff, glabrous or densely and softly hirtellous.

greenish to gray, more than 5 cm, glabrous or sparsely to densely softly hirtellous and glabrescent.

persistent, alternate;

petiole 2–10 mm;

blade usually dull green, sometimes reddish brown, abaxially, glossy to dull green adaxially, broadly elliptic to oblong, orbiculate, or ovate, 2–4.5 cm, distinctly coriaceous, base cuneate to nearly truncate, margins spinulose to spinose-dentate, apex rounded or obtuse to truncate or emarginate, both surfaces glabrous;

secondary veins 5–7 pairs, all diverging at nearly same angle.

deciduous, alternate;

petiole 3–8 mm;

blade dull green abaxially, shiny darker green adaxially, lanceolate to elliptic, (3–)5–8 cm, herbaceous, base cuneate, margins finely crenulate or crenulate-serrate, apex acute to acuminate, both surfaces glabrous or hairy;

secondary veins 4–5 pairs, all diverging at nearly same angle.

fascicles or flowers solitary.

fascicles or flowers solitary.

2–4 mm.

(1–)2–4 mm.

red, globose, 4–6(–8) mm;

stones 2.

black, globose to subglobose, 5–7 mm;

stones 2.

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4.

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