Flora of North America species comparison

gray, stiff, glabrous or densely and softly hirtellous.

purple to gray, glabrous or puberulent.

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.

persistent, alternate;

petiole 5–10 mm;

blade dull reddish to yellowish brown abaxially, usually shiny green adaxially, broadly elliptic to oblong or ovate-oblong, (1.5–)2–5(–6) cm, distinctly coriaceous, base cuneate to nearly truncate, margins blunt-serrate or entire, apex acute to rounded, apiculate, both surfaces glabrous;

secondary veins 5–9 pairs, all diverging at nearly same angle.

fascicles or flowers solitary.

fascicles or flowers solitary.

2–4 mm.

3–6 mm.

red, globose, 4–6(–8) mm;

stones 2.

red, globose, 6–8 mm;

stones 2.

4.

4.

0.

0.

= 24.