Flora of North America species comparison

bark exfoliating in shreds;

nodal diaphragms 1–2.5 mm thick;

branchlets gray to green or brown, if purplish only on one side, terete, glabrous, growing tips not enveloped by unfolding leaves, glabrous or sparsely hairy;

tendrils along length of branchlets, persistent, branched, tendrils (or inflorescences) at only 2 consecutive nodes;

nodes not red-banded.

bark tardily exfoliating in plates;

nodal diaphragms to 1 mm thick;

branchlets terete, usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hirtellous, growing tips enveloped by unfolding leaves;

tendrils absent or only at distalmost nodes, soon deciduous if not attached to support, branched, tendrils (or inflorescences) at only 2 consecutive nodes;

nodes not red-banded.

stipules 1.5–3 mm;

petiole ± equaling blade;

blade cordate, (5–)9–18 cm, usually unlobed or shallowly 3-lobed, sometimes deeply lobed on ground shoots, apex acute to short acuminate, abaxial surface not glaucous, glabrous, visible, veins and vein axils sometimes hirtellous, adaxial surface usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hirtellous.

stipules 3–6.5 mm;

petiole 1/2 blade;

blade reniform, conduplicately folded, 5–10 cm, apex acute to short acuminate, usually 3-shouldered, rarely shallowly 3-lobed, abaxial surface not glaucous, usually glabrous, visible through hairs, veins and vein axils sometimes sparsely hirtellous, adaxial surface usually glabrous.

9–19 cm.

4–7 cm.

functionally unisexual.

functionally unisexual.

black, usually not, sometimes very slightly, glaucous, globose, 8–12 mm diam., skin separating from pulp;

lenticels absent.

black, slightly glaucous, globose, 8–12 mm diam., skin separating from pulp;

lenticels absent.

= 38.

= 38.