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Rhamnus × hybrida

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

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'Rhamnus × hybrida' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhamnus/rhamnus-x-hybrida/). Accessed 2025-03-16.

Family

  • Rhamnaceae

Genus

Glossary

glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
midrib
midveinCentral and principal vein in a leaf.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.
pollen
Small grains that contain the male reproductive cells. Produced in the anther.

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Credits

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

Recommended citation
'Rhamnus × hybrida' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhamnus/rhamnus-x-hybrida/). Accessed 2025-03-16.

An evergreen or partially evergreen shrub up to 12 ft high, of spreading habit, more in diameter than it is high; shoots glabrous. Leaves ovate to oblong, rounded or widely tapered at the base, pointed, 11⁄2 to 4 in. long, 3⁄4 to 13⁄4 in. wide, shallowly and finely toothed, glabrous on both surfaces, rather pale green; about seven veins each side the midrib; leaf-stalk 1⁄6 to 1⁄3 in. long.

The original plant of R. × hybrida was raised by L’Héritier shortly before 1778 from seed of a female plant of R. alpina and was described by him in 1788. The pollen-parent, according to him, was certainly R. alaternus.

'Billardii'

This form, with small, narrow, more lanceolate leaves, is considered to be a form of R. × hybrida, but is very dissimilar, especially in the conspicuous jagged toothing. Its form of leaf suggests that it might have originated from R. alaternus var. angustifolia.

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