Itea parviflora Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Iteaceae > Itea

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, evergreen, to 5 m tall. Branchlets slender, glabrous or glabrescent. Petiole slender, 1-1.5 cm; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially dark green or brown, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 8-12 × 2.5-3.5 cm, membranous or thinly papery, both surfaces glabrous except barbellate at vein axils, midvein raised abaxially, slightly impressed adaxially, secondary veins in 5-8 pairs, arcuate curved, reticulate veins prominent, base cuneate or rarely obtuse, margin ± crenulate-serrate or repand, rarely entire, apex acuminate or subcaudate. Racemes axillary, to 3 cm, many flowered; rachis glabrous or sometimes puberulous; bracts slightly spreading, linear-subulate. Pedicel slender, 2-3 mm, glabrous. Calyx shallowly funnelform; lobes triangular, glabrous. Petals white, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, ca. 2 × 1.5-1 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate. Stamens subequaling or slightly longer than petals; filaments pilose; anthers oblong-globose. Ovary superior, sparsely puberulous. Capsule ca. 4.5 mm, slightly puberulous, many seeded. Fl. and fr. May-Jun. 2n = 22*.
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Distribution

Itea parviflora world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:791746-1
WFO ID wfo-0001135933
COL ID 6NBBR
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Synonyms

Itea parviflora Itea arisanensis Itea chinensis var. arisanensis Itea arisanensis var. longifolia Itea arisanensis var. parvifolia Itea parviflora var. latifolia Itea parviflora var. arisanensis