Pterostyrax hispida

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Pterostyrax hispida in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pterostyrax hispida, Sieb. & Zuce. (Halesia hispida, Mast.). Fig. 3255. Tree, attaining 50 ft., with slender spreading branches forming an open head: lvs. short-petioled, ovate to oblong, narrowed at the base, acute or acuminate, denticulate, almost glabrous or pubescent on the veins beneath, light green above, grayish green beneath, 3-7 in. long: panicles 5-10 in. long; fls. creamy white, fragrant, about 1/3in- long: fr. 10-ribbed, thickly covered with bristly hairs, 1/2in. long. June. China, Japan. G.C. II. 22:177; III. 46:88; 48:125. Gn. 8, p. 243; 26, p. 23; 34, p. 111. R.H. 1875, p. 308. G.F. 5:389. M.D.G. 1899:353. G.W. 3, p. 37. F.E. 14:36 (pl. 21); 17:457. B.M. 8329. S.I.F. 2:65. G.M. 57:538. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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