Flower Notes:
Yellowish-Green (Initially in erect corymbs, April-May; Not ornamentally important)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Handsome dark green leaves in spring/summer); Yellow (Rarely nice yellow foliage in the fall)
Stem Notes:
Brown (slender, glabrous, lenticelled)
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Green to brown in the Fall; not ornamentally important)
Soil Notes:
Tolerates clay, dry, acid, and alkaline soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves opposite, simple, 2-4" long and wide, usually 3 to 5 rounded entire lobes, pubescent beneath. Petioles (4") are deep dark green, and exude milky sap when detached. Stems become slightly corky.
