Key to Cercocarpus
View taxon page for Cercocarpus
(For a list of species in Cercocarpus, use the above link.)
Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1. Leaf blade 
Expanded portion of a leaf, petal, or other structure, generally flat but sometimes rolled, cylindric, wavy, or cupped.
entire 
Having margins that are continuous and smooth (i.e., without teeth, lobes, etc.).
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anthers glabrous ..... C. ledifolius 2' Leaf blade 10–30 mm, margin flat to inrolled but not to midrib; plants moderately branched
3. Leaf oblanceolate to lance-elliptic, (3)9(11) mm wide, abaxially glabrous to sparsely woolly, midrib,
veins visible
..... var. intermontanus 1' Leaf blade toothed to
crenate 
Pertaining to margins with shallow, rounded teeth, between which are usually acute sinuses (i.e., scalloped)
; anthers hairy
4' Leaf not leathery, abaxially ± sparsely hairy
6' Leaf blade generally (20)27–70 mm, > 15 mm wide
7' Leaf obovate, base
tapered 
Gradually (not abruptly) narrower or smaller at base or tip.
; flowers, fruits 1–3
..... var. macrourus
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