Flora of North America species comparison

bark smooth to vertically furrowed, shredding;

twigs sparsely to densely multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy or unicellular-hairy, or glabrous, sometimes only unicellular-hairy.

bark smooth to vertically furrowed, shredding;

twigs sparsely to conspicuously multicellular eglandular-hairy (hairs unbranched), otherwise sparsely to moderately unicellular-hairy.

deciduous;

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

blade ovate or obovate to elliptic, (2.5–)3.5–8.2(–10.8) × 1.2–2.9(–3.6) cm, thin, membranous, margins entire, plane, ciliate, eglandular-hairy, sometimes also stipitate-glandular-hairy, apex acute to obtuse, often mucronate, abaxial surface glabrous or sparsely unicellular-hairy, often also stipitate-glandular-hairy (or, rarely, stipitate-glandular- and eglandular-hairy), adaxial surface sparsely scattered, multicellular eglandular- and/or stipitate-glandular-hairy and unicellular-hairy, or glabrous.

deciduous;

petiole multicellular eglandular-hairy and unicellular-hairy;

blade ovate to obovate, 4.5–9.1 × 1.3–3.3 cm, thin, membranous to chartaceous, margins entire, plane, ciliate, eglandular-hairy, apex acute to obtuse, often mucronate, abaxial surface glabrous or densely eglandular-hairy, often also very sparsely to moderately unicellular-hairy, adaxial surface glabrous or sparsely scattered eglandular-hairy, often also sparsely unicellular-hairy.

3–15-flowered;

bracts similar to bud scales.

5–9-flowered;

bracts similar to bud scales.

9–26 mm, stipitate-glandular- and, sometimes, also eglandular-hairy.

7–14 mm, stipitate-glandular-hairy and/or eglandular-hairy, otherwise sparsely to densely unicellular-hairy.

opening with leaves or after they have expanded, erect to horizontal, fragrant or mephitic-scented;

calyx lobes 1–4(–9) mm, often stipitate-glandular- and/or eglandular-hairy, sometimes also unicellular-hairy, margins usually stipitate-glandular-hairy;

corolla white with contrasting yellow blotch on upper lobe, white and pink or salmon, or pink with orange blotch on upper lobe, rarely white with yellow lines at throat, or with tube white to red, funnelform, 30–58 mm, stipitate-glandular-hairy and, rarely, also eglandular-hairy, otherwise sparsely to moderately unicellular-hairy or these hairs absent on outer surface, petals connate, lobes 13–29 mm, tube gradually expanding into lobes, 15–29 mm (equaling or longer than lobes);

stamens 5, much exserted, ± unequal, 40–75 mm.

opening before or as leaves expand, erect to horizontal, acrid-scented;

calyx lobes 1–3 mm, scattered usually stipitate-glandular-hairy and unicellular-hairy, margins long stipitate-glandular-hairy and/or eglandular-hairy;

corolla orange to red-orange, with contrasting, darker-colored, orange to yellow blotch on upper lobe, funnelform, 30–54 mm, densely multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy, otherwise sparsely to densely unicellular-hairy on outer surface, petals connate, lobes 14–30 mm, (spreading nearly as broadly as tube is long), tube abruptly expanding into lobes, 16–28 mm (longer than lobes);

stamens 5, much exserted, ± unequal, 52–72 mm.

borne on erect pedicels, 12–22 × 4–14 mm, multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy, sometimes also eglandular-hairy, otherwise sparsely unicellular-hairy (unicellular hairs rarely absent).

borne on erect pedicels, 15–29 × 5–9 mm, sparsely to moderately long stipitate-glandular-hairy and/or eglandular-hairy, and sparsely unicellular-hairy.

without distinct tails, flattened portion of testa well developed at each end;

testa expanded, dorsiventrally flattened, ± loose.

without distinct tails, flattened portion of testa well developed at each end;

testa expanded, dorsiventrally flattened, ± loose.

bud scales sparsely to densely unicellular-hairy abaxially, rarely also sparsely eglandular- or stipitate-glandular-hairy, margins unicellular-ciliate, or with glands and cilia mixed, or glandular.

bud scales usually glabrous abaxially, margins glandular.

= 26.

= 52.