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Key to Callicarpa

Lamiaceae

Callicarpa

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1 Leaves 7-23 cm long, stellate-scurfy pubescent beneath; peduncles 1-5 mm long
1 Leaves 2-13 cm long, glabrous or nearly so beneath (except on the midrib); peduncles 10-20 mm long.
(c) Fleming, Gary P.
  2 Inflorescence supra-axillary, diverging from the twig 1-4 mm above the leaf axil; branchlets terete or quadrangular, stellate pubescent; leaves subsessile, 2-6 (-10) × 1-3 (-4) cm, the short caudate tip about 1/4 of the leaf length; anthers elliptic, ca. 0.5 mm long; cymes dense, each 1-2 cm across in fruit
  2 Inflorescence axillary, borne directly in the axil of the leaf; branchlets somewhat compressed, glabrous or with a few stellate hairs; leaves petiolate, 7-13 × 3.5-4 cm, the long caudate tip about 1/3 of the leaf length; anthers oblong, 1-2 mm long; cymes lax, each 3-4 cm across in fruit