Daphne rosmarinifolia Rehder

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Daphne

Characteristics

Shrubs, often procumbent, evergreen, 0.3-1 m tall, densely branched. Branches yellowish green, turning brownish, angular, densely gray-or yellowish strigose. Leaves alternate; petiole ca. 1 mm, glabrous; leaf blade linear-oblong to obovate-lanceolate, 1-2 × 0.2-0.5 cm, papery, both surfaces glabrous or pilose when young, base cuneate, margin revolute, ciliate, apex rounded or truncate, usually aristate; veins obscure. Inflorescences terminal, fasciculate, 2-8-flowered; peduncle absent; bracts caducous, linear-oblong or spatulate-oblong, 4-6 mm. Pedicel absent. Calyx yellow; tube cylindric, ± curved, 8-10(-12) mm, exterior glabrous; lobes 5, ovate or ovate-oblong, 3-5 mm, apex obtuse or rounded. Stamens 10, both whorls inserted below middle of calyx tube; filaments short; anthers oblong, 1.3-1.7 mm. Disk annular, irregularly lateral to ovary. Ovary ovoid, 2-2.5 mm, glabrous; style short, ca. 0.5 mm; stigma subcapitate. Drupe brownish yellow, ovoid, 5-6 mm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jul.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.0
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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 rosmarinifolia world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831346-1
WFO ID wfo-0000637873
COL ID 344YB
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Synonyms

Daphne rosmarinifolia Farreria pretiosa Stellera chinensis Stellera diffusa Wikstroemia clivicola Wikstroemia diffusa Wikstroemia lecomteana Wikstroemia pretiosa Daphne clivicola