Rhamnus alnifolia

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Rhamnus alnifolia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhamnus/rhamnus-alnifolia/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

Genus

Glossary

calyx
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Rhamnus alnifolia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhamnus/rhamnus-alnifolia/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

A low deciduous shrub of spreading but compact habit, rarely more than 3 ft high; young shoots minutely downy. Leaves oval, tapered about equally at both ends, rather prominently and unevenly round-toothed, 112 to 4 in. long, 58 to 2 in. wide, glabrous above, slightly downy on the veins beneath; veins in about six to eight pairs; stalk 14 to 12 in. long, downy on the upper side. Flowers yellow-green, produced usually in twos or threes; petals absent; calyx-lobes and stamens five. Fruits black, 14 in. across, roundish or top-shaped, containing three seeds.

Native of N. America, on both the eastern and western sides; introduced in 1778, A neat bush.