Nitraria schoberi

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Read about Nitraria schoberi in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Nitraria schoberi, Gmel. Spiny rigid shrub, to 6 ft., with whitish branches: Lvs. obovate-oblong to linear-spatu- late, obtuse or sometimes acutish, entire, thickish, silky while young, finally usually glabrous, ½-¾ in. long: fls. white, about ⅓ in. across, in stalked terminal cymes about 1 in. across; petals spatulate-oblong; stamens about as long as petals: fr. purple or blackish violet, rarely yellow, about ⅓ in. long. June; fr. in Sept. and Oct. From S. Russia to Mongolia, W. China and Persia. L.B.C. 14:1395.—By the Dept. of Agric. the plant was intro. from Turkestan as N. retusa, but N. retusa, Aschers., is a native of Syria, Arabia and N. Afr. and easily distinguished by its broadly obovate Lvs. usually 3-toothed at the apex. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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