Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.

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

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'Elaeagnus umbellata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/elaeagnus/elaeagnus-umbellata/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

Glossary

apex
(pl. apices) Tip. apical At the apex.
globose
globularSpherical or globe-shaped.

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

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'Elaeagnus umbellata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/elaeagnus/elaeagnus-umbellata/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

A large, wide-spreading, deciduous, often thorny shrub, sometimes 20 to 30 ft across, 12 to 18 ft high; twigs covered with brownish scales. The shoots sometimes retain a few leaves at the ends throughout the winter. Leaves narrowly oval, 2 to 4 in. long, 34 to 112 in. wide, tapered at the apex, tapered or rounded at the base, rather bright green above, shining and silvery beneath; stalk about 13 in. long. Flowers produced during May and June, when the young leaves are about one-third grown, in clusters of one to three; each flower 12 in. long, funnel-shaped, silvery outside, creamy white inside. Fruit globose, 14 to 13 in. diameter, at first silvery, finally red; stalk 14 in. long.

Native of the Himalaya, China, and Japan; varying considerably in several respects, one form coming into flower when another is almost past. The habit also varies, some forms being much wider-spreading than others. The largest plant at Kew is 30 ft across. A handsome species both in flower and fruit.


var. parvifolia (Royle) Schneid.

Synonyms
E. parvifolia Royle

Shoots at first silvery; leaves covered with distinctly starry hair-tufts on the upper surface when young, becoming glabrous later; silvery and scaly beneath. There is a fine specimen of this variety at Dartington Hall, Devon, about 20 ft high and 25 ft across.E. umbellata differs from E. multiflora in its globose, short-stalked fruits; in the tube of the perianth being more slender; and in the leaves being paler, longer, and proportionately narrower. It also flowers later.