Itea riparia Collett & Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Iteaceae > Itea

Characteristics

Shrubs 1-6 m tall. Branchlets yellow-green, striate, glabrous. Leaves usually crowded at apex of branchlets, subclustered; petiole 5-8 mm, glabrous; leaf blade abaxially gray-green, adaxially green, elliptic to lanceolate or obovate-elliptic, 5-10 × 1.5-3 cm, thinly leathery, both surfaces glabrous, secondary veins in 4 or 5 pairs, arcuate, confluent near margin, slightly raised abaxially, obscure adaxially, base cuneate, margin curved cartilaginous glandular dentate, apex acute or acuminate. Racemes terminal, pendulous, usually longer than leaves, 10-18 cm; rachis puberulous; bracts linear-lanceolate, ca. 3-5 mm. Flowers numerous, rather crowded, often 3-clustered; pedicel 3-5 mm, puberulous. Calyx shallowly cupular; lobes erect at anthesis, triangular-lanceolate, ca. 4 mm. Stamens ca. 3 mm; filaments glabrous; anthers dorsifixed, ovoid. Ovary semi-inferior, glabrous. Style simple. Capsule ovoid-conical, ca. 5 mm, glabrous. Fl. and fr. May-Feb. 2n = 22.
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Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 4.0
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Soil humidity 10-12
Soil texture 3-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Itea riparia world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:791749-1
WFO ID wfo-0001234067
COL ID 3QDYG
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Synonyms

Itea thorelii Itea riparia