Corema

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Corema in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Corema (Greek, a broom, in allusion to its bushy habit). Empeiraceae. Broom Crowberry. Two species of low heath-like shrubs from E. N. Amer. and S. W. Eu. and the Atlantic Isls., of which the American species is rarely cult, in botanical collections. Closely allied to Empetrum and differing chiefly in the apetalous fls. arranged in terminal heads, and in their upright bushy habit. Cult, and prop, like Empetrum. C. Conradii, Torr., is a much-branched shrub, to 2 ft. high, with crowded linear lvs. about ⅕ in. long: fls. inconspicuous, in terminal beads, the staminate with long exserted purple stamens: fr. a small berry-like drupe, usually with 3 nutlete. H.I. 6:531. Hardy N. —C. album, D. Don, has obtuse Lvs. with revolute edges and resinous dots: fls. pink: fr. white to purple. S. W. Eu., Azores. Alfred Rehder. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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