Itea kwangsiensis H.T.Chang

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Iteaceae > Itea

Characteristics

Shrubs 5-6 m tall. Branchlets yellow-green, conspicuously striate, terete, glabrous. Petiole stout, ca. 2.5 cm, sulcate, glabrous; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially yellow-green, narrowly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 10-15 × 1.8-3.5 cm, thinly leathery, both surfaces glabrous, midvein raised abaxially, distinctly impressed adaxially, secondary veins in ca. 9 pairs, arcuate curved upward, connected near margin, raised abaxially, reticulate veins prominent, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin often reflexed when dry, usually entire proximally and remotely glandular serrulate in distal 1/3-1/2, apex acuminate, glandular mucronulate. Racemes axillary, solitary, stout, 6-6.5 cm; rachis puberulous; bracts subulate, early deciduous. Flowers numerous, usually 2-or 3-clustered, rarely solitary; pedicel 2-2.5 mm, puberulous. Calyx cupular or shallowly so; lobes shortly triangular-lanceolate, ca. 1.5 mm, sparsely puberulous. Petals erect at anthesis, white, ovate-lanceolate, ca. 3 mm. Stamens conspicuously longer than petals; filaments 3-4 mm, glabrous; anthers oblong-globose. Ovary superior, glabrous. Style simple; stigma capitate. Capsule (immature) brown, striate, ca. 6 mm, glabrous, with persistent sepals and petals at base. Fl. and fr. May.
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Distribution

Itea kwangsiensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:337089-1
WFO ID wfo-0001263641
COL ID 6NBC4
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Synonyms

Itea chingiana Itea kwangsiensis