Deutzia gracilis Siebold & Zucc.

Slender pride of rochester (en), Deutzia gracieux (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Cornales > Hydrangeaceae > Deutzia

Characteristics

Shrubs 5–20 dm. Branches spreading or arching. Leaves: petiole 2–8 mm, glabrous; blade lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, or broadly ovate-lanceolate, 30–35 × 15–30 mm, base cuneate or rounded, margins unevenly serrate, apex acuminate, abaxial surface light green, glabrous or glabrate, adaxial dark green, sparsely stellate-pubescent. Inflorescences usually racemes or narrow panicles, open, (2–)10–50-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary, 8–12 × 3–6 cm, glabrous; peduncle 5–10 mm, glabrous. Pedicels 5–10 mm, glabrous. Flowers faintly fragrant, 15–20 mm; hypanthium campanulate, 2.5–3 × 2.5–3 mm, glabrous or short-hairy; sepals triangular, 1.5–1.7 × 1–1.5 mm, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous or glabrate; petals valvate, white, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 10–12(–15) × 4–6 mm, glabrous or sparsely stellate-pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments dorsiventrally flattened, narrowly oblong or subulate, outer 5–6 mm, apex 2-lobed or not lobed, inner 3–4 mm, apex 2-lobed; styles 3, 4–7 mm. Capsules hemispheric, 6–7 × 5–6 mm. Seeds 1.2–1.5 mm. 2n = 26 (Asia).
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Shrubs ca. 1.5 m tall. Flowering branchlets brown, 5-17 cm, ca. 4-leaved, glabrous. Petiole 2-4 mm; leaf blade lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate, or broadly ovate-lanceolate, 3-3.5 × 1-1.2 cm, papery, abaxially appressed 4-or 5(or 6)-rayed stellate hairy, adaxially 3-or 4-rayed stellate hairy, veins in 3 or 4 pairs, base cuneate, margin serrulate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences racemose or narrowly paniculate, 8-12 cm, 12-25-flowered, glabrous; pedicels slender, 5-10 mm. Calyx tube 2.5-3 × ca. 2.5 mm; lobes ovate or ovate-deltoid, ca. 1.5 cm, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Petals imbricate, white, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 10-12 × 4-6 mm. Outer stamens 5-6 mm; filaments 2-dentate at apex or subulate and toothless, teeth (if present) not reaching anthers; anthers stalked, ovoid. Inner filaments all 2-dentate at apex. Styles 3, subequaling or longer than outer stamens. Capsule hemispheric, ca. 5 mm in diam. Fl. Mar-Apr.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.75 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 5-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 4-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses environmental use gene source
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Deutzia gracilis habit picture by 道草 (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Deutzia gracilis leaf picture by 道草 (cc-by-sa)
Deutzia gracilis leaf picture by 道草 (cc-by-sa)
Deutzia gracilis leaf picture by Matthew Dyer (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Deutzia gracilis flower picture by 道草 (cc-by-sa)
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Deutzia gracilis flower picture by ruby mehta (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Deutzia gracilis fruit picture by 道草 (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Deutzia gracilis world distribution map, present in China, Germany, Japan, Poland, Slovakia, Taiwan, Province of China, and United States of America

Conservation status

Deutzia gracilis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:790847-1
WFO ID wfo-0000642580
COL ID 355NS
BDTFX ID 21974
INPN ID 94657
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Deutzia gracilis Deutzia nagurai Deutzia gracilis var. latifolia Deutzia gracilis var. macrantha Deutzia gracilis var. nagurai Deutzia gracilis f. pilifera Deutzia gracilis subsp. gracilis