Downy Japanese Maple

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Plant Characteristics
Origin: Japan
Cultivation
Sunset Zones: 3-6, 14-16, 31-35, 37, 39
Scientific Names

Sapindaceae >

Acer >

japonicum >



Read about Downy Japanese Maple in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Acer japonicum, Thunb. Figs. 93, b, and 94. Small tree or shrub: branchlets, petioles and peduncles pubescent when young: lvs. 7-11-lobed, cordate, 3-6 in. across, light green, with silky hairs when unfolding; lobes ovate, doubly serrate: corymbs few-flo., pendulous; fls. large, purple: fr. finally glabrous; wings spreading at an obtuse angle. Japan. S.Z. 1:144. S.I.F. 1:66. Var. macrophyllum, Schwerin. Lvs. large, light green. Var. aureum, Schwerin. Lvs. yellow. Var. Parsonsii, Veitch (var. filicifolium, Hort.; var. laciniatum, Hort.). Lvs. large, divided nearly to the base in 9-11 pinnatisect segms. J.H.S. 29:334. R.B. 32:197.


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