Stachyurus himalaicus
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'Stachyurus himalaicus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
A tall straggling shrub in the wild. Leaves more slender than in S. praecox, oblong to lanceolate, 3 to 5 in. long, 11⁄2 to 2 in. wide, acuminately narrowed to a long, slender tip, very finely and densely toothed, short-stalked. Racemes 2 to 4 in. long. Flowers yellow or pinkish; style included.
Of wide distribution from the Himalaya and N.E. India to central and southern China and Formosa. A rather tender species that needs the protection of a wall except in the milder parts.