Prinsepia sinensis (Oliver) Oliver ex Bean

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

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'Prinsepia sinensis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/prinsepia/prinsepia-sinensis/). Accessed 2023-03-25.

Genus

Prinsepia

Synonyms

Plagiospermum sinense Oliver

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

alternate: Attached singly along the axis not in pairs or whorls.
ciliate: Fringed with long hairs.
lanceolate: Lance-shaped; broadest in middle tapering to point.
lax: Loose or open.

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

Recommended citation
'Prinsepia sinensis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/prinsepia/prinsepia-sinensis/). Accessed 2023-03-25.

Prinsepia sinensis.

A deciduous shrub of rather lax, spreading habit, about 6 ft high; stems armed with solitary, stiff, short spines, from beneath which spring the leaves; pith chambered (divided into thin plates). Leaves alternate on the shoots of the year, oblong-lanceolate, finely ciliate, 11⁄2 to 3 in. long, about 1⁄2 in. wide; produced in clusters on the year-old shoots. Flowers borne singly in the leaf-axils on slender stalks 1⁄2 in. long; they are solitary, or clustered two to four together; each flower 1⁄2 to 3⁄4 in. in diameter, petals five, bright yellow, roundish, tapered to a short claw. Fruits red and juicy, 3⁄5 in. long, ripening in August. Bot. Mag., t. 8711

Native of Manchuria; it was introduced from France in 1908 and is quite hardy.

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