Oemleria cerasiformis

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Osmaronia cerasiformis, Greene (Nuttallia cerasiformis, Torr. & Gray). Shrub, 6-15 ft., sometimes tree-like: branchlets glabrous: Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, 3—1 in. long: racemes short-peduncled, 5-10-fld., glabrous; pedicels with 2 bractlets; fls. about ½in. across; petals about as long as calyx-tube, the triangular sepals half sis long: drupe ¼-⅓ in. long, bluish black, bloomy. April, May: fr. in July, Aug. Brit. Col. to Calif. G.C. II. 19:309; III. 19:489; 43:266, 267. Gn. 34, p. 78. L.I. 9.—Greene has described 5 more species of which O. demissa, Greene, seems the most distinct and is probably occasionally cult, in Calif. It is a low shrub, 2-4 ft. high, with rigid upright sts.: Lvs. smaller, mucronate, glabrous, prominently veined: racemes numerous, denser; sepals ciliolate: drupes more rounded, very bloomy. San Francisco Bay region. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.