Daphne striata
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Daphne striata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Other taxa in genus
- Daphne acutiloba
- Daphne alpina
- Daphne altaica
- Daphne aurantiaca
- Daphne bholua
- Daphne blagayana
- Daphne × burkwoodii
- Daphne caucasica
- Daphne cneorum
- Daphne collina
- Daphne genkwa
- Daphne giraldii
- Daphne × houtteana
- Daphne × hybrida
- Daphne jezoensis
- Daphne laureola
- Daphne mezereum
- Daphne × napolitana
- Daphne × neapolitana
- Daphne odora
- Daphne oleoides
- Daphne petraea
- Daphne pontica
- Daphne pseudomezereum
- Daphne retusa
- Daphne rodriguezii
- Daphne × rossetii
- Daphne sophia
- Daphne tangutica
An evergreen shrub forming close, dense mats and rarely much more than 6 to 12 in. high, the lower branches semi-prostrate; young shoots glabrous. Leaves 1⁄2 to 1 in. long, oblanceolate, pointed, crowded at the end of the shoots, dullish green. Flowers in terminal heads of eight to twelve; perianth 1⁄2 in. long, the lobes giving it a diameter of about 1⁄4 in., rosy pink, charmingly fragrant.
A native of the European Alps, which has been cultivated since 1827, but is very rare in gardens and hard to cultivate successfully. It is nearly related to D. cneorum, which is well distinguished, however, by its downy, plain perianth which in D. striata is glabrous and striated.