Pyrus glabrata

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

Read about Pyrus glabrata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pyrus glabrata, Bailey (Malus glabrata, Rehd.). A southern representative of P. glaucescens, native from N. C. to Ala., distinguished by the lvs. light green and not glaucescent on the lower surface and rather thin, glabrous, deeply lobed, distinctly cordate at base, and the lowest pair of lateral veins springing from the very base of the blade: calyx-tube glabrous and purple; petals suborbicular or broadly ovate or rarely oval, abruptly contracted into a short claw, often erose- denticulate; styles 5, slightly longer than the stamens: fr. depressed-globose and slightly angled, distinctly ribbed at the deeply sunken apex. S.T.S. 2:188. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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