Flora of North America species comparison

persistent.

blades usually green, broadly elliptic to ovate, 25–50 × 11–23 mm, margins sharply serrate, surfaces glandular abaxially.

terminal, racemes, on lateral twigs, on previous year’s shoots or older woody stems.

articulated with calyx tube.

sepals 5;

petals 4–5, connate for nearly their entire lengths, corolla cylindric or urceolate;

stamens 10, included;

anthers ± without awns, tubules 1–1.5 mm, with terminal pores.

calyx green, obscurely lobed, glabrous;

corolla white, cream, yellowish pink, or bronze, globose to urceolate, 3–5 × 5–7 mm, thin, glaucous;

filaments glabrous.

[4-], 5-, [pseudo 8-, or pseudo 10]-locular.

shiny or dull black or deep purple, rarely red or white, 9–13 mm diam.

10–25, (ca. 1 mm).

ca. 1 mm.

= 48.