Umbellularia

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

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'Umbellularia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/umbellularia/). Accessed 2024-04-24.

Family

Lauraceae

Species in genus

Umbellularia californica

Glossary

family: A group of genera more closely related to each other than to genera in other families. Names of families are identified by the suffix ‘-aceae’ (e.g. Myrtaceae) with a few traditional exceptions (e.g. Leguminosae).

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Credits

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

Recommended citation
'Umbellularia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/umbellularia/). Accessed 2024-04-24.

The extraordinary dwarf form of Umbellularia californica found on serpentinite sites in the Siskiyou Mountains (O'Brien Bog area, Josephine Co., Oregon, March 2010). Image John Grimshaw.

A genus of two species, belonging to the same tribe of the Laurel family as the common bay laurel, and distinguished from it by technical characters of the flower. An obvious point of distinction, however, so far as the present species is concerned, is that the leaves are longer and have a pungent aroma when crushed.

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