Styrax platanifolius subsp. youngiae (Cory) P.W.Fritsch

Young's snowbell (en)

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Young twigs densely white stellate-pubescent and with scattered, orange-brown or dark-brown, stalked, stellate hairs proximally. Leaf blades: margins often undulate, entire or coarsely toothed, abaxial surface with white, stellate-lanate pubescence in addition to scattered orange-brown or dark-brown, stalked, stellate hairs of various lengths on some leaves, surface completely covered and obscured by pubescence, adaxial surface with scattered, stellate hairs. Pedicels white stellate-lanate. Flowers: calyx with thick layer of white stellate-lanate hairs, margins and teeth sparsely glandular, teeth to 0.6 mm, usually shorter; style hairy from proximal end to 60-80% of total length.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Styrax platanifolius subsp. youngiae world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:999386-1
WFO ID wfo-0001243744
COL ID 7L579
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Synonyms

Styrax youngiae Styrax platanifolius subsp. youngiae Styrax platanifolius var. youngiae