Flora of North America species comparison

(marcescent), stipules absent or rudimentary on early ones, foliaceous on late ones, apex rounded, convex, or acute;

petiole (rarely with spherical glands distally), 4–16 mm, puberulent or pubescent to glabrescent adaxially;

largest medial blade lorate to narrowly lanceolate, 58–155 × 7–27 mm, 4.5–10.7 times as long as wide, base cuneate to convex, margins serrulate to crenulate or entire, apex acuminate to acute, abaxial surface glabrous or glabrescent, hairs appressed, adaxial dull or slightly glossy, glabrous or pilose;

proximal blade margins entire;

juvenile blade glabrous, puberulent, pilose, or sparsely long-silky abaxially, hairs white.

stipules rudimentary or absent;

petiole shallowly grooved adaxially, 3–11 mm, pubescent, or velvety to glabrescent adaxially;

largest medial blade lorate or very narrowly elliptic, 38–110 × 6–19 mm, 5–9 times as long as wide, base cuneate or convex, margins flat to slightly revolute, entire, serrate, serrulate, or spinulose-serrate, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surface glaucous, densely long-silky to glabrescent, hairs (white, sometimes also ferruginous), adaxial dull or slightly glossy, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, (hairs white, sometimes also ferruginous);

proximal blade margins sometimes serrulate;

juvenile blade moderately densely long-silky abaxially, hairs white, sometimes also ferruginous.

abaxial nectary 0.2–0.6 mm, adaxial nectary oblong, square, or ovate, 0.2–0.6 mm, nectaries distinct or connate and cup-shaped;

stamens 3–7;

filaments hairy basally;

anthers 0.3–0.5 mm.

adaxial nectary square, ovate, or oblong, 0.3–0.7 mm;

filaments distinct, hairy basally;

anthers purple turning yellow, ellipsoid or globose, 0.4–0.6 mm.

adaxial nectary square to oblong, 0.3–0.6 mm;

stipe 0.4–2.4 mm;

ovary pyriform to obturbinate, beak slightly bulged below or tapering to styles;

ovules 8–18 per ovary;

styles 0.2–0.3 mm;

stigmas (sometimes slenderly cylindrical), 0.18–0.27–0.32 mm.

adaxial nectary oblong to ovate, 0.3–0.9 mm;

stipe 1.5–4 mm;

ovary pyriform, beak abruptly tapering to styles;

ovules 6–12 per ovary;

styles 0–0.5 mm;

stigmas slenderly to broadly cylindrical, 0.26–0.4–0.8 mm.

3–6 mm.

5–9 mm.

(usually flowering throughout season and axillary, sessile), staminate 24–131 × 3–10 mm, flowering branchlet 0–12 mm;

pistillate (densely to loosely flowered), 24–47 × 6–12 mm, flowering branchlet 0–10 mm;

floral bract 0.6–2.2 mm, apex rounded to convex, irregularly toothed or entire, abaxially sparsely to moderately densely hairy proximally, hairs irregularly curly;

pistillate bract persistent after flowering.

flowering as leaves emerge;

staminate stout to globose, 12–29 × 6–17 mm, flowering branchlet 0.8–3 mm;

pistillate loosely flowered, stout to globose, 12–39 × 6–18 mm, flowering branchlet 1–11 mm;

floral bract brown, tawny, light rose, or bicolor, 1–2 mm, apex rounded, abaxially sparsely hairy, hairs straight.

= 38.

= 38.