Pyrus elaeagrifolia

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Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Pyrus elaeagrifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pyrus elaeagrifolia, Pall. (P. nnivalis var. elaeagrifolia, Schneid.). Small spiny tree, the young shoots tomentose: lvs. lanceolate to oblong or obovate-lanceolate, entire, usually silky-tomentose, the base mostly tapering and the apex obtuse- mucronate or short-acuminate: fls. small, on densely tomentose pedicels: fr. globose-turbinate, glabrous, the calyx persistent. Caucasus, S. Russia. The specific name was first written, by Pallas, elaeagrifolia (not elseagnifolia), because he considered elaeagrus to be the proper spelling of the name of the oleaster genus, it having been spelled that way by Dioscorides. Var. Kotschyana, Boiss. (P. Kotschyana, Boiss. P.nivalis var. Kotschyana,Schneid.), is usually spineless, the lvs. larger (3 in. long), the fr. globose and larger (about 1 in. diam.). 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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