Capparis spinosa

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Capparis spinosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Capparis spinosa, Linn. Fig. 785. Spiny shrub, 3 ft. high, often straggling and vine-like: lvs. roundish or ovate, deciduous: fls. borne singly, alternately, and fading before noon; sepals 4; petals 4, oblong, clawed, wavy, white,1½ in. long; stamens 40-50; filaments purple above, perhaps the chief beauty of the plant. B.M. 291. —What seems to be the long style with a short unopened stigma, is really the elongated peduncle or torus topped by the pistil, which has no style and a minute stigma. Var. rupestris (C. rupestris, Sibth. & Smith) is a spineless form. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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