Description
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Shrubs ca. 3 m tall. Young branches uniformly yellow stellate tomentose. Petiole ca. 2 cm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 15-20 X 5-8 cm, abaxially densely yellow-gray stellate tomentose, adaxially glabrous but stellate tomentose along midvein when young, base obtuse to rounded and oblique, margin entire or serrulate above to middle, veins 14 pairs. Cymes 6-9 cm across; peduncle 3-5 cm; bracts lanceolate, 3-4 X 1 cm. Calyx campanulate, stellate tomentose; teeth linear, ca. 1 mm. Corolla pink, ca. 2 mm, puberulent. Filaments ca. 5 mm; anthers ca. 0.6 mm. Ovary glabrous. Style 6-7 mm. Fruit ca. 1.5 mm in diam. Fl. and fr. Aug.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Habitat
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* Mixed forests; 100-300 m.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
