Rhamnus saxatilis Jacquin

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

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

Genus

Common Names

  • Rock Buckthorn

Glossary

apex
(pl. apices) Tip. apical At the apex.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
midrib
midveinCentral and principal vein in a leaf.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.

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Credits

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

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

A low, spreading, deciduous shrub, rarely more than 2 ft high; young shoots minutely downy, lateral branchlets often ending in a spine. Leaves glabrous or nearly so, narrowly oval, ovate or obovate, tapered at the base, often bluntish at the apex, finely toothed, 12 to 1 in. long, 14 to 12 in. wide; veins two to four each side the midrib, converging towards the apex; stalk 16 in. or less long. Flowers very small, greenish yellow. Fruits black, top-shaped, three-seeded.

Native of the mountains of Central and S.E. Europe; in cultivation 1752. A curious dwarf or stunted shrub inhabiting rocky places, belonging to the same group as R. tinctoria and R. infectoria, but distinguished by its dwarf habit and smaller, glabrous leaves.