Daphne aurantiaca Diels

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Daphne

Characteristics

Shrubs evergreen, 0.6-1.2 m tall. Main branches often prostrate; branches reddish to dark brown, glabrous. Leaves opposite or subopposite; petiole 1-2 mm; leaf blade obovate, ovate, or elliptic, sometimes also linear to linear oblong, 0.8-2.3 × 0.2-1.2 cm, subleathery, both surfaces glabrous, base cuneate or subrounded, margin revolute, apex obtuse or acute; lateral veins obscure. Inflorescences terminal, often on reduced lateral shoots, 2-5-flowered, glabrous; bracts leaflike, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-5 × 1-1.5 mm, glabrous or sometimes pubescent, apex acuminate. Flowers fragrant; pedicel short, ca. 1 mm. Calyx deep yellow to orange; tube funnelform-cylindric, 8-11 mm, exterior glabrous; lobes 4, broadly ovate or ovate-elliptic, 2.5-4(-5) × 2-3 mm, apex obtuse or rounded. Stamens 8, lower whorl inserted at middle of calyx tube, upper whorl slightly below throat; filaments ca. 1 mm; anthers oblong. Disk ± square, lateral to ovary, ca. 1.2 mm, usually 2-fid, sometimes reduced to distinct scales. Ovary ovoid-ellipsoid, 2-3 mm, glabrous; style ca. 0.7 mm; stigma capitate. Drupe brownish yellow, ellipsoid, 3-5 × 2-3 mm. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug.
Life form
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-6

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 150 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Daphne aurantiaca unspecified picture

Distribution

Daphne aurantiaca world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831152-1
WFO ID wfo-0000637474
COL ID 344QG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Daphne aurantiaca Wikstroemia aurantiaca Wikstroemia calcicola Daphne calcicola Daphne aurantiaca var. calcicola Wikstroemia aurantiaca var. pulvinata