Forestiera ligustrina (Michx.) Poir.

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

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'Forestiera ligustrina' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/forestiera/forestiera-ligustrina/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

Synonyms

  • Adelia ligustrina Michx.
  • Borya ligustrina (Michx.) Willd.

Glossary

glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.

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Credits

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

Recommended citation
'Forestiera ligustrina' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/forestiera/forestiera-ligustrina/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

A deciduous shrub up to 10 ft in height, forming a wide bush with slender branches, downy when young, often becoming spine-tipped. Leaves oval or slightly obovate, 34 to 134 in. long, 14 to 34 in. wide, tapered at both ends, shallowly toothed all round except near the base, dull green and glabrous above, paler and downy beneath; stalks 14 in. or less long. Flowers green, inconspicuous, produced from the twigs of the preceding year; the males in dense stalkless clusters; females fewer, on short spurs. Fruits 14 in. long, egg-shaped, blue-black.

Native of the S.E. United States; introduced in 1812. Of no garden value.