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|familia=Tiliaceae

|familia=Tiliaceae

|genus=Tilia  

|genus=Tilia

|species=cordata

|species=cordata

|common_name=Little-leaf linden, Small-leafed lime

|common_name=Little-leaf linden, Small-leafed lime

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|Max wd metric=ft

|Max wd metric=ft

|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|exposure=sun

|exposure=sun

|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|max_zone=9

|max_zone=9

|image=Upload.png

|image=Tilia-cordata2.JPG

|image_width=240

|image_width=240

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'''''Tilia cordata''''' ('''Small-leaved Lime''', occasionally Small-leaved Linden) is a species of ''[[Tilia]]'' native to much of [[Europe]] and western [[Asia]], north to southern [[Great Britain]] (north to about [[Durham]]), central [[Scandinavia]], east to central [[Russia]], and south to central [[Spain]], [[Italy]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]], and the [[Caucasus]]; in the south of its range it is restricted to high altitudes.<ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref><ref name=dvf>Den Virtuella Floran: [http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/tilia/tilia/tilicor.html ''Tilia cordata'' (in Swedish; with maps]</ref>

| latin_name = ''Tilia cordata''

 

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''Tilia cordata'' is widely grown as an [[ornamental tree]] throughout its native range in Europe.

 

| high = ?  <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->

It is a [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 20-38 m tall, with a trunk up to 1-2 m diameter. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternately arranged, rounded to triangular-ovate, 3-8 cm long and broad, mostly hairless (unlike the related ''[[Tilia platyphyllos]]'') except for small tufts of brown hair in the leaf vein axils - the leaves are distinctively heart-shaped. The small yellow-green [[plant sexuality|hermaphrodite]] [[flower]]s are produced in clusters of five to eleven in early summer with a leafy yellow-green subtending [[bract]], have a rich, heavy scent; the trees are much visited by [[bee]]s. The [[fruit]] is a dry nut-like [[drupe]] 6–7 mm long and 4 mm broad, downy at first becoming smooth at maturity, and (unlike ''T. platyphyllos'') not ribbed.<ref name=rushforth/><ref name=fnwe>Flora of NW Europe: [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=2132 ''Tilia cordata'']</ref>

| wide =     <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->

 

| origin = ?  <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->

It readily [[Hybrid (biology)|hybridises]] with ''[[Tilia platyphyllos]]''; the hybrid is named ''[[Tilia × europaea]]'' (syn. ''T. × vulgaris'').<ref name=rushforth/><ref name=fnwe1>Flora of NW Europe: [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=2131 ''Tilia vulgaris'']</ref>

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| lifespan = perennial

In Britain it is becoming increasingly rare and is an indicator of [[ancient woodland]].<ref>[[Natural England]] internal website</ref>

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| features =    <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->

| hardiness =    <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->

| bloom =     <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->

| usda_zones = ?  <!--- eg. 8-11 -->

| sunset_zones =     <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->

| image = Tilia-cordata2.JPG

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| regnum = Plantae  <!--- Kingdom -->

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Tilia cordata, Mill. (T. ulmifolia, Scop. T. parvifolia, Ehrh. T. microphylla, Vent. T. silvestris, Desf. T. europaea, Linn., in part). Small-leaved Linden. Fig. 3813. Tree, to 100 ft.: young branchlets at first slightly pubescent, soon glabrous: lvs. suborbicular, often broader than long, cuspidate, cordate at the base, regularly serrate with short-pointed teeth, dark green and somewhat lustrous above, glaucous and glabrous beneath with brown axillary tufts l 1/2 – 2 1/2 in. long; petioles about half as long as blade: fls. 5-7 in nearly upright cymes; style glabrous: fr. globose, slightly ribbed, apiculate, tomentose, with thin fragile shell. July. Eu. Var. pyramidalis, Wittm. Of narrow pyramidal habit.

Tilia cordata, Mill. (T. ulmifolia, Scop. T. parvifolia, Ehrh. T. microphylla, Vent. T. silvestris, Desf. T. europaea, Linn., in part). Small-leaved Linden. Fig. 3813. Tree, to 100 ft.: young branchlets at first slightly pubescent, soon glabrous: lvs. suborbicular, often broader than long, cuspidate, cordate at the base, regularly serrate with short-pointed teeth, dark green and somewhat lustrous above, glaucous and glabrous beneath with brown axillary tufts l 1/2 – 2 1/2 in. long; petioles about half as long as blade: fls. 5-7 in nearly upright cymes; style glabrous: fr. globose, slightly ribbed, apiculate, tomentose, with thin fragile shell. July. Eu. Var. pyramidalis, Wittm. Of narrow pyramidal habit.

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