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Daphne arbuscula
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Other taxa in genus
- Daphne acutiloba
- Daphne alpina
- Daphne altaica
- Daphne aurantiaca
- Daphne bholua
- Daphne blagayana
- Daphne × burkwoodii
- Daphne caucasica
- Daphne cneorum
- Daphne genkwa
- Daphne giraldii
- Daphne glomerata
- Daphne gnidium
- Daphne × houtteana
- Daphne × hybrida
- Daphne jasminea
- Daphne jezoensis
- Daphne juliae
- Daphne kamtschatica
- Daphne kiusiana
- Daphne kosaninii
- Daphne laureola
- Daphne longilobata
- Daphne × mantensiana
- Daphne mezereum
- Daphne × neapolitana
- Daphne odora
- Daphne oleoides
- Daphne papyracea
- Daphne petraea
- Daphne pontica
- Daphne pseudomezereum
- Daphne retusa
- Daphne rodriguezii
- Daphne × rossetii
- Daphne sericea
- Daphne sophia
- Daphne striata
- Daphne sureil
- Daphne tangutica
- Daphne × thauma
A dense, evergreen bushlet usually not exceeding 8 in. in height; branchlets stout, slightly downy or glabrous, reddish when young. Leaves oblong, 2⁄5 to 1 in. long, blunt at the apex, furrowed along the midrib, margins revolute; dark green and glabrous above, downy beneath when young, later more or less glabrous. Flowers pink, borne in terminal clusters of three to eight; tube about 5⁄8 in. long.
A rare native of the Carpathians of E. Czechoslovakia, discovered by A. Richter in 1855, at which time its habitat lay in Hungarian territory. It is closely related to D. petraea, but differs in its foliage characters and reddish young stems, and prefers a lime-free soil. It is also easier to cultivate. See further in Bull. A.G.S., Vol. 39, pp. 129–134.