Flora of North America species comparison

purple to gray, glabrous or puberulent.

gray to brown, glabrous or pubescent.

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.

deciduous, alternate;

petiole 5–15 mm;

blade dark green to olive green on both surfaces, lanceolate-oblong to elliptic or lanceolate-ovate, 4.5–11 cm, herbaceous, base cuneate to rounded, truncate, or subcordate, margins crenate to crenate-serrate, apex obtuse to acute or acuminate, abaxial surface glabrous or puberulent along veins, adaxial surface glabrous or glabrate;

secondary veins (4–)5–7 pairs, all diverging at nearly same angle.

fascicles or flowers solitary.

fascicles or flowers solitary.

3–6 mm.

2–10 mm.

red, globose, 6–8 mm;

stones 2.

black, globose or slightly elongate, 6–8 mm;

stones 3.

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