Flora of North America species comparison

petiolate;

petiole 1–3.5 cm;

blade simple, ovate-lanceolate, 3–10 × 2–5 cm, margins entire to sinuate-dentate, base cuneate to truncate.

petiolate;

petiole 0.5–3 cm;

blade simple, ovate to elliptic, 3–7.5 × 3–6 cm, margins entire to sinuate-dentate, base truncate to cordate.

extra-axillary, forked, umbel-like or racemelike, 6–14-flowered, 1.5–3 cm.

leaf-opposed or occasionally extra-axillary, unbranched, umbel-like, 2–5(–7)-flowered, 0.5–1.5 cm.

straight and spreading and 0.5–1 cm in flower, strongly reflexed and 0.5–1 cm in fruit.

0.5–1 cm in flower and fruit, spreading in flower, reflexed in fruit.

radially symmetric;

calyx not accrescent, unarmed, 3–4 mm, sparsely pubescent, lobes obtuse;

corolla white to pale purple with yellowish or greenish central star, stellate, 1–2 cm diam., with sparse interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

anthers ellipsoidal, 2.5–3.5 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits;

ovary glabrous.

radially symmetric;

calyx accrescent and nearly covering berry, unarmed, 2–3 mm, sparsely to moderately pubescent, lobes narrowly triangular;

corolla white with yellowish or greenish central star, rotate-stellate, 0.5–1 cm diam., with abundant interpetalar tissue;

stamens equal;

anthers ellipsoidal, 1.2–2 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits;

ovary glabrous.

dull green to purple, globose, 0.5–0.9 cm diam., glabrous, with 6–14 sclerotic granules per fruit.

dull pale green, globose, 0.5–1 cm diam., glabrous, with 4–6 sclerotic granules.

pale yellow to light brown, flattened, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm, finely reticulate.

pale yellow, flattened, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm, nearly smooth.

= 72.

= 24.