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Shrubs, 0.3–3 m, not clonal. Stems unarmed. Leaves decid­uous; blade elliptic, ovate, or subcordate, 3–5(–7) × 1–3(–4) cm, margins plane, surfaces sparsely silvery stellate-hairy abaxially with interspersed rust-brown scales, glabrate and green adaxially. Flowers: sepals yellow, 1.5–3 mm on staminate flowers, 1–2 mm on pistillate flowers; nectary disc inconspicuous. Fruits bright red or yellow, ellipsoid, 6–9 mm, fleshy, sparsely lepidote. Seeds dark brown to black, 4–5 mm. 2n = 22.

Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Woods, open rocky slopes, sandy-gravelly shores, granitic sands.
Elevation: 0–3300 m.

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Maine, Mich., Minn., Mont., Nev., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo.

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