Daphne axillaris (Merr. & Chun) Chun & Wei

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Daphne

Characteristics

Shrubs 2-5 m tall. Branches pale yellowish green, turning grayish brown, sparsely brown appressed pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 4-7 mm, appressed pubescent; leaf blade shiny green adaxially, paler abaxially, oblong to elliptic, 5-12 × (1.5-)2-4.5 cm, papery or subleathery, both surfaces glabrous or midrib sometimes sparsely pubescent abaxially, base broadly cuneate, apex caudate-acuminate; veins 8-10 pairs. Inflorescences axillary, 2-4(-8)-flowered; peduncle 1-2 mm; bracts absent. Pedicel absent. Calyx white; tube cylindric, 6-10 mm, exterior pubescent; lobes 5, ovate, 2.5-3 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 10, lower whorl inserted at middle of calyx tube, upper whorl just below lobes; filaments short; anthers oblong, ca. 1.5 mm; upper ones partly exserted from calyx tube. Disk annular, pubescent, entire. Ovary ovoid, ca. 2.5 mm, densely pilose; style short; stigma capitate or shallowly discoid. Drupe black or purple, narrowly ovoid, 8-10 mm, puberulous. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug-Oct.
Life form
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 5.0
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 150 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
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Distribution

Daphne axillaris world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831155-1
WFO ID wfo-0000637481
COL ID 344QK
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Synonyms

Wikstroemia axillaris Daphne axillaris