Flora of North America species comparison

bark smooth to vertically furrowed, shredding;

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

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).

petiole 2–6(–7) mm;

blade 1.5–6.5 × 1–3 cm, apex obtuse to rounded (rarely notched or acute), secondary veins often depressed.

5–10-flowered;

bracts similar to bud scales.

5–15 mm, with ferruginous scales.

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.

23–37 mm.

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

with short, blunt/truncate tails at each end;

testa closely appressed.

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

= 26.