Flora of North America species comparison

purple to gray, glabrous or puberulent.

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.

3–6 mm.

red, globose, 6–8 mm;

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