Taxon

Neillia sinensis

 
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Neillia sinensis - Chinese neillia
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Common name: Chinese neillia
Family: Rosaceae (rose family)
Distribution: China
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments: Introduced into cultivation around 1900 but rarely observed outside of botanical gardens and arboreta. Grows to 5' tall and wide, and has brown peeling bark. Alternate leaves are 2-4" long, coarsely toothed along the margins. Pink flowers open in May as 1-3" nodding clusters. Grows in most any soil and does best in full sun.
Links: • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • The Plant List

Locations

  • 1: FLS: BS24 (BS24) • Accession: D1997-0550.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: FLS: CA24 (CA24) • Accession: D2000-0826.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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