− | Parrotia pérsica, C.A.Mey. Shrub or small tree, to 15 ft., with spreading branches: lvs. oval to obovate-oblong, obtuse, coarsely and crenately dentate above the middle, dark green above, pubescent beneath when young, 3-4 in. long: bracts of fl.-heads covered with dark brown tomen tum; stamens 5-7. pendulous, with linear-oblong, purple anthers: fr. with recurved beaks. N. Persia. | + | Parrotia persica, C.A.Mey. Shrub or small tree, to 15 ft., with spreading branches: lvs. oval to obovate-oblong, obtuse, coarsely and crenately dentate above the middle, dark green above, pubescent beneath when young, 3-4 in. long: bracts of fl.-heads covered with dark brown tomen tum; stamens 5-7. pendulous, with linear-oblong, purple anthers: fr. with recurved beaks. N. Persia. |