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.


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