Populus lasiocarpa

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Scientific Names

Read about Populus lasiocarpa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Populus lasiocarpa, Oliver (P. Fargesii, Franch.). Tree, 50-60 ft., with angular stout more or less pubescent young shoots and large viscid buds: lvs. very large (often 10-14 in. long and 8-9 in. wide), ovate or broad- oblong, acute or short acuminate, evenly glandular crenate-serrate, red-veined, deeply cordate at base and biglandular, more or less tomentose beneath but becoming glabrous above; petiole nearly cylindrical, red; stipules oblong-lanceolate: catkins 4-6 in. long or longer in fruit, the polygamous fls. short pedicelled; bracts ovate or obovate, finely laciniate; stamens 23 or more in the male fls. and 3-6 in the hermaphrodite fls.: caps, ovoid and densely woolly, to 1/2 in. long. China, common at 4,000 - 6,000 ft. B.M. 8625. R.H. 1911, p. 565. R.B. 35, p. 312. G.M. 51:763. P. Willsonii, Schneid., is a rare tree in W. China, with a pyramidal or columnar head of short spreading branches and strikingly handsome dark bluish green paper-like broad-ovate or roundish or broadly ovate-oblong more or less cordate-based and obtuse lvs. which are less deeply cordate than those of P. lasiocarpa, and less broadly oblong; it is also distinguished by its habit, the glabrous and purple rather than tomentose and yellowish branchlets, and the lvs. bluish green above and rather whitish gray beneath. CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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