Flora of North America species comparison

persistent.

blades dark green, ovate to oblong-elliptic, 13–25 × 8–14 mm, margins entire, surfaces puberulent or glabrous abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

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 pale green, lobes spreading, distinct, broadly ovate, 0.4–0.6 mm, glabrous;

corolla pink, bronze, or yellowish green, globose to urceolate, 4–6 × 3–5 mm, thin, glaucous;

filaments glabrous.

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

red, sometimes faintly glaucous, translucent, 7–10 mm diam.

10–25, (ca. 1 mm).

ca. 1 mm.

= 24.