Flora of North America species comparison

stipules foliaceous, apex acute to acuminate;

petiole convex to flat, or shallowly grooved adaxially, 2–6(–9) mm, pilose or villous adaxially;

largest medial blade narrowly to broadly elliptic or narrowly ovate to ovate, 25–92 × 10–45 mm, 1.5–2.6(–3.4) times as long as wide, base convex, cuneate, or rounded, margins slightly revolute or flat, shallowly serrulate or entire, apex acuminate, acute, or convex, abaxial surface glaucous, sparsely pubescent, hairs wavy, adaxial dull to slightly glossy, pilose, sparsely pubescent or glabrous, midrib hairy, (hairs white and ferruginous);

proximal blade margins entire or finely serrulate;

juvenile blade sometimes reddish, sparsely pubescent abaxially, hairs white, sometimes also ferruginous.

stipules absent or rudimentary;

petiole (sometimes deeply grooved adaxially) 0.2–1.5 mm, long- to short-silky adaxially;

largest medial blade linear, lorate, or narrowly oblanceolate, 13–42 × 1.1–4.4 mm, 5.8–24.6 times as long as wide, base cuneate, margins flat, usually entire, rarely remotely spinulose-serrulate, apex acute to acuminate (apiculate), abaxial surface glaucous or not (sometimes obscured by hairs), densely long-silky, or villous to glabrescent, hairs appressed, straight, adaxial slightly glossy or dull, moderately densely long- or short-silky to glabrescent;

proximal blade margins entire;

juvenile blade yellowish green (color obscured by hairs), very densely long-silky abaxially.

adaxial nectary oblong or square, 0.3–0.7 mm;

filaments distinct or basally connate, glabrous;

anthers purple turning yellow, 0.4–0.6 mm.

abaxial nectary 0.1–0.6 mm, adaxial nectary oblong or narrowly oblong, 0.5–1.1 mm, nectaries distinct;

filaments hairy on proximal 1/2 or basally;

anthers 0.4–0.7 mm.

adaxial nectary square or obovate, 0.3–0.6 mm, usually shorter than stipe;

stipe 0.4–1.2 mm;

ovary pyriform, glabrous, beak gradually tapering to styles;

ovules 12–22 per ovary;

styles connate (sometimes distinct 1/2 their lengths), 0.2–0.5 mm;

stigmas flat, abaxially non-papillate with rounded tip, or broadly cylindrical, or 2 plump lobes, 0.2–0.32–0.44 mm.

adaxial nectary square, narrowly oblong, ovate, or oblong, 0.4–1.4 mm, longer than stipe;

stipe 0–0.3 mm;

ovary pyriform, long-silky or pilose, beak gradually tapering to or bulged below styles;

ovules 16–26 per ovary;

styles 0–0.3 mm;

stigmas slenderly cylindrical, 0.4–0.6 mm.

3.2–8 mm.

3–6 mm.

flowering as leaves emerge; staminate slender, stout, or subglobose, 14.5–34.5 × 8–12 mm, flowering branchlet 1–7 mm; pistillate moderately densely or loosely flowered, slender or stout, 21–59 × 6–16 mm, flowering branchlet 1.5–9 mm;

floral bract brown or bicolor, 1.2–1.8 mm, apex acute to rounded, abaxially glabrate to hairy, hairs straight to wavy.

staminate 6.5–18 × 4–7 mm, flowering branchlet 1–38(–75) mm; pistillate moderately densely or loosely flowered, slender or stout, 6–16 × 4–7 mm, flowering branchlet 8–13(–120) mm;

floral bract 1.3–2.8 mm, apex acute or convex, toothed or entire (glandular-dotted), abaxially hairy throughout or proximally, hairs straight.

= 38.