Flora of North America species comparison

stipules foliaceous, apex convex to rounded;

petiole shallowly to deeply grooved adaxially, 5–13 mm, with clusters of spherical or foliaceous glands distally, glabrous, pilose, or densely villous adaxially;

largest medial blade usually hypostomatous or hemiamphistomatous, rarely amphistomatous, lorate, very narrowly elliptic, narrowly elliptic, or lanceolate, (24–)55–133 × 11–43 mm, 2.5–6.2 times as long as wide, base convex or cuneate, margins flat, serrulate, apex acuminate to caudate, abaxial surface usually not glaucous (rarely so), glabrous, pilose, or moderately densely villous or long-silky, hairs appressed or spreading, white and/or ferruginous, straight or wavy, (coarse, caducous), adaxial (secondary veins flat or protruding), slightly or highly glossy, glabrous, pilose, or long-silky, hairs white and/or ferruginous;

proximal blade margins entire and glandular-dotted, or serrulate or crenulate;

juvenile blade reddish or yellowish green, glabrous or densely villous or long-silky abaxially, hairs white and ferruginous.

stipules usually foliaceous, apex convex or rounded;

petiole deeply grooved adaxially, (1–)4–30 mm, with pairs or clusters of spherical or foliaceous glands distally, glabrous or pilose adaxially;

largest medial blade hypostomatous, hemiamphistomatous, or amphistomatous, narrowly oblong, very narrowly to narrowly elliptic, narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, or oblanceolate, 53–170 × 9–31 mm, 3.1–9.8 times as long as wide, base convex or rounded, margins flat, serrulate, apex caudate to acuminate, abaxial surface glaucous or not, glabrescent or pilose, hairs white, sometimes also ferruginous, straight, wavy, or curved, adaxial slightly or highly glossy, glabrous, pilose, or long-silky, hairs white and ferruginous;

proximal blade margins entire and glandular-dotted or shallowly serrulate;

juvenile blade reddish or yellowish green, moderately to very densely villous, long-silky, or glabrous abaxially, hairs white and ferruginous.

abaxial nectary 0.5–1.1 mm, adaxial nectary square or ovate, 0.3–0.9 mm, nectaries connate and cup-shaped;

stamens 3–6;

filaments distinct, hairy on proximal 1/2 or basally;

anthers ellipsoid, shortly cylindrical, obovoid, or globose, 0.6–0.8 mm.

abaxial nectary (usually present), (0–)0.4–0.8 mm, adaxial nectary square or ovate, 0.2–0.6 mm, nectaries distinct or connate and shallowly cup-shaped;

stamens 3–6;

filaments distinct, hairy on proximal 1/2 or basally;

anthers ellipsoid, shortly cylindrical, obovoid, or globose, 0.6–1 mm.

adaxial nectary square or ovate, (swollen), 0.2–0.5 mm, shorter than stipe;

stipe 0.5–2 mm;

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

ovules 18–24 per ovary;

styles connate or distinct 1/2 their lengths, 0.5–0.8 mm;

stigmas flat, abaxially non-papillate with rounded tip, broadly cylindrical, or 2 plump lobes, 0.24–0.31–0.42 mm.

adaxial nectary square or ovate, 0.2–0.6 mm, shorter than stipe;

stipe 0.8–4 mm;

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

ovules 16–30 per ovary;

styles connate, 0.2–0.8 mm;

stigmas broadly cylindrical or 2 plump lobes, 0.2–0.4 mm.

5–7 mm.

4–11 mm.

staminate 19–69 × 4–14 mm, flowering branchlet 5–23 mm; pistillate (fruiting in summer), moderately densely to loosely flowered, slender to stout, 23–56(–70 in fruit) × 8–12 mm, flowering branchlet 8–25 mm;

floral bract 1.5–3 mm, apex convex or rounded, entire or toothed, abaxially sparsely hairy throughout or proximally, hairs wavy.

(fruiting in summer, persistent); staminate 21–78 × 8–15 mm, flowering branchlet 3–27 mm; pistillate moderately to very densely flowered, slender, stout, or subglobose, 18.5–103 × 6–17 mm, flowering branchlet 6–56 mm;

floral bract 1.7–4 mm, apex rounded, entire, toothed, or erose, abaxially hairy throughout or proximally, hairs wavy.

= 76.