Flora of North America species comparison

erect, (1–)2–4(–8) dm, openly branched;

bark often glaucous when young, gray to dark brown with age, glabrous;

infrastipular prickles paired, erect, largest ± flattened, subulate, 3–10 × 2–7 mm, base glabrous, internodal rare or absent, smaller, mixed with aciculi, eglandular.

ascending to erect, 8–25(–30) dm, densely to openly branched;

bark often glaucous when young, dark reddish brown with age sometimes exfoliating as thin ash-gray sheets, glabrous;

infrastipular prickles 1–2(–3), strongly curved to nearly erect, ± flattened, stout, subulate, 3–15(–20) × 2.5–8 mm (to 10–15 mm), base glabrous, internodal prickles usually absent, sometimes sparse, smaller, aciculi usually absent, rarely stipitate-glandular.

2.5–11 cm;

stipules 5–10 × 2–4 mm, auricles flared, 1–3 mm, margins entire, usually sessile-glandular, surfaces glabrous, stipitate-glandular;

petiole and rachis with sparse pricklets, glabrous or densely fine hairy hairs to 0.2 mm, densely stipitate-glandular;

leaflets (3–)5–7, terminal: petiolule 3–20 mm, blade obovate or widely elliptic-cuneate to ± orbiculate, 10–30(–50) × 8–25(–30) mm, membranous to ± leathery, base rounded-obtuse, margins 2+-crenate, teeth 8–12 per side, obtuse, gland-tipped, apex obtuse to truncate, abaxial surfaces gray-green, finely puberulent, sometimes sparsely stipitate-glandular, adaxial green, dull, finely puberulent to glabrate.

(2–)4–14 cm;

stipules 5–20 × 2–5 mm, auricles flared to erect, 2–5 mm, margins entire or serrate, stipitate-glandular, surfaces glabrous, eglandular;

petiole and rachis sometimes with pricklets, usually sparsely to densely hairy hairs to 1 mm, rarely glabrate, sometimes stipitate-glandular;

leaflets 5–7(–9), terminal: petiolule 5–15(–20) mm, blade ovate to elliptic, sometimes obovate, (10–)15–40(–60) × 10–25(–30) mm, usually widest at or below middle, membranous to ± leathery, margins 1–2-serrate, teeth 7–20 per side on distal 3/4–4/5 of margin, obtuse to acute, eglandular or gland-tipped, apex ± obtuse, sometimes acute, abaxial surfaces pale green, sparsely to abundantly shaggy-hairy, sometimes more finely hairy and/or sparsely glandular, adaxial green, dull, sparsely hairy to subglabrous.

corymbs, 1 or 2(–7)-flowered.

panicles, few corymbs, (1–)3–30(–50)-flowered.

erect, relatively slender, 5–17 mm, glabrous, eglandular or stipitate-glandular;

bracts 1–3, lanceolate, 3–10 × 1–6 mm, margins entire, stipitate-glandular, surfaces glabrous, eglandular.

erect, slender, 3–20 mm, hairy, rarely glabrous, eglandular, rarely glandular;

bracts 1–3, broadly lanceolate, 8–20 × 2–10 mm, margins entire or serrate, eglandular or stipitate-glandular, surfaces ± hairy, eglandular.

2.5–3.5 cm diam.;

hypanthium ovoid-globose to widely urceolate, 4–5 × 3–4 mm, glabrous, rarely sparsely setose, usually eglandular, neck 0.5–1(–2) × 1.5–3 mm;

sepals spreading, lanceolate, 6–14 × 2–3 mm, tip 0–4 × 0.5 mm, margins entire, abaxial surfaces puberulent, usually stipitate-glandular;

petals single, deep pink, 10–20 × 10–20 mm;

carpels 10–30, styles exsert 0.5–1 mm beyond stylar orifice (1–1.5 mm diam.) of hypanthial disc (2–4 mm diam.).

2.5–5 cm diam.;

hypanthium ± ovoid, 4–6 × 3–5.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy, eglandular, neck 1 × 2–4.5 mm;

sepals spreading, ovate-lanceolate, 10–15 × 2–4.5 mm, tip 1–5 × 0.3–1 mm, margins entire, eglandular, sometimes glandular, abaxial surfaces ± hairy, eglandular, sometimes stipitate-glandular;

petals single, pink, (10–)15–25 × (10–)15–25 mm;

stamens 90;

carpels (20–)25–40, styles exsert 1–2.5 mm beyond stylar orifice (1.5–2 mm diam.) of hypanthial disc (3–4 mm diam.).

scarlet, ovoid to depressed-globose to pyriform, (8–)10–18 × 7–14 mm, fleshy, glabrous, rarely sparsely setose distally, eglandular, neck 1 × 2.5–4.5 mm;

sepals persistent, erect.

scarlet, ± ovoid, sometimes globose to obovoid, 10–18 × 7–20 mm, fleshy, glabrous or ± hairy, eglandular, neck 0.5–2 × (2.5–)3–5(–6) mm;

sepals persistent, usually erect.

basiparietal, 1–11, cream to pale brown, 3.5–5(–6.5) × 2.5–4 mm.

basiparietal, (1–)5–20, cream to pale brown, (3–)3.5–4.5(–5) × 2–3 mm.

= 14, 28.

= 28.