Taxon

Callicarpa kwangtungensis

 
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Callicarpa kwangtungensis - Kwangtung beautyberry
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Kwangtung beautyberry
Family: Lamiaceae (mint family)
Distribution: China
Habitat: Mixed forests; 300-1600 m.
Hardiness: USDA Zone 6
Life form: Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments: A multi-stemmed, deciduous, growing 3-4' tall and wide. It has graceful arching purplish stems. White to purple flowers occur in small, dense clusters (cymes) in June. The fruit is unusual, being yellow and glandular in small clusters, lasting into winter. Useful as a specimen or in the shrub or perennial border. Top is killed back in most winters so it is best treated as a dieback shrub.
Links: • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • World Flora Online

Locations

  • 1: FLS: CC22 (CC22) • Accession: D2000-1062.001 • Origin: China • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 2: FLS: CC22 (CC22) • Accession: D2000-1062.002 • Origin: China • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 3: FLS: CC22 (CC22) • Accession: D2000-1062.003 • Origin: China • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
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