Sophora japonica
| Habit | tree
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| Height: | ⇕ | 50 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 50. |
| Width: | ⇔ | 35 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 35. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| Features: | ✓ | deciduous, flowers |
| USDA Zones: | 5 to 9 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | blue, purple, white |
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| Origin: | ✈ | ? |
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| Exposure: | ☼ | ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property. |
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| Water: | ◍ | ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property. |
Read about Sophora japonica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Sophora japonica, Linn. (Styphnolobium japonicum, Schott). Japan Pagoda Tree. Figs. 3643, 3644. Tree, attaining 60 ft., with spreading branches, forming a dense round head: lvs. 7-9 in. long; lfts. 7-17, distinctly stalked, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, rounded at base, dark green and glossy above, more or less pubescent beneath, 1-2 in. long: fls. yellowish white, 1/2 in. long, in loose panicles 15 in. long: pod distinctly stalked, glabrous, terete, 2-3 in. long, 1/3 in. broad. July-Sept. China; cult. in Japan. Gn. 24, pp. 210, 211, 214; 29, p. 222; 73, p. 43. G.M. 38:665. Gng. 6, p. 247. M.D.G. 1898:183. F.E. 12:1174. G.W. 8. p. 615; 12, p. 200; 13, p. 243. Var. pendula, Loud. Figs. 3645, 3646. With long and slender pendulous branches. R.H. 1876:194, 195 (adapted in Figs. 3645, 3646). Gn. 9. pp. 600, 601; 24, pp. 202. 203, 211; 28, p. 27. M.D.G. 1898:182. G. 6:257. Gn.M. 2:106. G.C. III. 28:479. F.E. 14: 1430, pl. 43. Var. columnaris, Schwerin. Of narrow pyramidal habit. Var. violacea, Carr. (S. violacea, Dipp., not Thwaites). Lfts. 15-17, sparingly pubescent above, densely so beneath, acute: fls. with pinkish lilac wings and keel, standard white.—The plants cult. as S. tomentosa, S. sinensis, and S. Korolkowii also belong to this species. The first, which is not to be confused with S. tomentosa, Linn, (sec suppl. list), has 15-19, smaller and broader, elliptic lfts. densely pubescent beneath, less so above; the second has pale pink fls. and 11-17 ovate to ovate-oblong lfts. soft-pubescent beneath; the third has larger oblong-lanceolate lfts. broadly cuneate at the base and slightly pubescent beneath. There is also a form with variegated lvs. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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