Elaeagnus davidii Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Elaeagnaceae > Elaeagnus

Characteristics

Shrubs, deciduous, much branched, 0.9-1.2 m tall. Spines to 1 cm, slender; older branches gray, glabrous; young branches rust-colored. Petiole rust-colored, 2-3 mm, slender; leaf blade elliptic, 1.7-2.5 × 0.9-1.1 cm, stiff, leathery, abaxially with overlapping silvery scales and scattered brown scales, adaxially very sparsely scaly when young, then glabrous, lateral veins usually 4 per side of midrib, slightly raised abaxially, indistinct adaxially, base rounded, margin entire, apex rounded or subacute. Flowers solitary in axils of deciduous bracts on new shoots. Pedicel ca. 1.5 mm. Flowers scaly outside, scales mostly silvery, some brown. Calyx tube campanulate, ca. 3 mm; lobes broadly ovate, both surfaces with rust-colored and silvery scales. Filaments very short; anthers ellipsoid, ca. 2 × as long as filaments. Style densely pubescent; stigma incurved. Fruit not seen.
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Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.2
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Nitrogen fixer frankia
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Germination duration (days) 140 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
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Distribution

Elaeagnus davidii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323684-1
WFO ID wfo-0000663734
COL ID 6DZTX
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Synonyms

Elaeagnus davidii