Flora of North America species comparison

bark smooth to vertically furrowed, shredding;

twigs with ferrugineous, multicellular, broad-rimmed, glandular-peltate scales.

bark ± smooth to slightly shredding;

twigs sparsely multicellular eglandular- and shorter stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs unbranched), also unicellular-hairy.

persistent;

petiole with ferruginous, broad-rimmed, glandular-peltate scales and unicellular-hairy;

blade narrowly elliptic to elliptic or oval, sometimes obovate, (1–)5–8(–13) × (1–)2–3.5(–5.5) cm, thick, coriaceous, margins entire, plane to conspicuously revolute, with scattered, glandular-peltate scales, apex acute or acuminate or obtuse to rounded, surfaces with scattered, ferruginous, broad-rimmed, glandular-peltate scales abaxially, (scales ± deciduous adaxially).

deciduous;

petiole multicellular eglandular- and stipitate-glandular-hairy and unicellular-hairy;

blade elliptic to oblong or obovate, 1–8.3 × 0.4–3 cm, thin, membranous to chartaceous, margins entire, usually ± revolute, sometimes plane, eglandular- and unicellular-hairy, apex acute to rounded, abaxial surface eglandular- and stipitate-glandular-hairy, also unicellular-hairy, (± glaucous), adaxial surface scattered eglandular- and stipitate-glandular-hairy, also unicellular-hairy.

5–10-flowered;

bracts similar to bud scales.

sometimes fasciculate, 3–9-flowered;

bracts similar to bud scales.

5–15 mm, with ferruginous scales.

3–10 mm, (usually glaucous), usually sparsely stipitate-glandular-hairy, and sometimes also densely unicellular-hairy.

opening before or after development of leaves, erect to horizontal, fragrant;

calyx lobes 0.5–2 mm, with ferruginous scales;

corolla dark to very pale pink or white, upper lobe usually with greenish spots, campanulate to funnelform, 15–37 mm, with scattered, ferruginous, peltate scales on outer surface, petals connate (for 3/4+ their lengths), lobes 8–19 mm, tube gradually expanding into lobes, 8–22 mm;

stamens 10, included to slightly exserted, ± unequal, 13–26 mm.

appearing before or, sometimes, with leaves, erect to horizontal, fragrant;

calyx lobes 0.4–1.5 mm, often scattered stipitate-glandular-hairy, sometimes also unicellular-hairy, margins glandular- and/or eglandular-ciliate;

corolla rose-purple to pink, rarely white, unspotted or red-spotted on upper 3 lobes, irregularly shaped, clearly 2-lipped due to very extensive connation of 3 upper lobes contrasting with 2 elongate, widely divergent lower lobes, 12–22 mm, glabrous or, sometimes, sparsely stipitate-glandular-hairy on outer surface, petals connate, upper lobe 3–8 mm, lateral lobes 12–22 mm (closely connate with upper lobe), lower lobes 12–22 mm, tube absent due to deep division between 2 lower lobes and between lateral and lower lobes;

stamens 10, exserted, ± unequal, 9–20 mm.

borne on erect pedicels, 6–14 × 2.9–5 mm, with ferruginous, peltate scales.

borne on erect pedicels, 0.7–1.7 × 0.3–0.6 mm, multicellular stipitate-glandular- and eglandular-hairy and densely unicellular-hairy.

with short, blunt/truncate tails at each end;

testa closely appressed.

with flattened tails;

testa tightly appressed.

bud scales ferruginous-lepidote, sometimes also unicellular-hairy abaxially, margins unicellular-ciliate.

bud scales unicellular-hairy abaxially, and often stipitate-glandular- and eglandular-hairy, margins unicellular-hairy.

= 26.

= 52.