Flora of North America species comparison

purple to gray, glabrous or puberulent.

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

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 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.

3–6 mm.

(1–)2–4 mm.

red, globose, 6–8 mm;

stones 2.

black, globose to subglobose, 5–7 mm;

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