Piptanthus

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

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

Family

  • Leguminosae

Glossary

entire
With an unbroken margin.
trifoliolate
With three leaflets.

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Credits

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

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

A genus of about half a dozen species of deciduous or partially evergreen, soft-wooded shrubs with trifoliolate leaves and entire, stalkless leaflets. Flowers always yellow, borne in erect terminal racemes. Provided they have a suitable climate – and they are not completely hardy – they are easily grown if put in a sunny spot and given a reasonably good loamy soil.

From the Supplement (Vol.V)

The genus is revised by B. L. Turner in Brittonia, Vol. 32, pp. 281–5 (1980). He recognises only two species – P. nepalensis and P. tomentosus.