Itea omeiensis C.K.Schneid.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Iteaceae > Itea

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 1.5-10 m tall, rarely much taller. Young branchlets yellow-green, glabrous; old branchlets brown, striate. Petiole stout, 1-1.5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially deep green, oblong, rarely elliptic, 6-12(-16) × 2.5-5(-6) cm, thickly leathery, both surfaces glabrous, midvein and secondary veins distinctly raised abaxially, secondary veins in 5-7 pairs, connected near margin, reticulate veins prominent, base rounded or obtuse, margin conspicuously densely serrulate except subentire near base, apex acuminate or caudate. Racemes axillary, solitary or 2-or 3-fascicled, slightly curved distally, usually longer than leaves, 12-13 cm, rarely only 2-3 cm; bracts leaflike, triangular-lanceolate or oblanceolate, ca. 1.1 cm × 1 mm. Pedicel 2-3 mm, puberulous. Calyx shallowly cupular, sparsely puberulous; lobes triangular-lanceolate, 1.5-2 × ca. 1 mm. Petals erect at anthesis, slightly curved apically, white, lanceolate, 3-3.5 mm, sparsely puberulous. Anthers oblong-globose. Ovary superior, densely villous. Capsule 6-9 mm, pubescent. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Jun-Dec.
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Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 10.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Itea omeiensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:791744-1
WFO ID wfo-0001234278
COL ID 3QDY8
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Synonyms

Itea longibracteata Itea oblonga Itea omeiensis Itea stenophylla Itea chinensis var. oblonga