| Jamesia americana Torr. & A. Gray |
| Hydrangeaceae |
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Small deciduous shrub about 1 m high, with pale brown peeling bark . Leaves opposite, stalked, ovate to elliptic, 2.5-6.5 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, serrate, light green and pubescent above, whitish tomentose beneath. White flowers about 1.5 cm across, with 5 petals, in terminal cymes in May. Hardy.
Home: Western U.S.A. Other views: None Cultivated: France and Germany Author: Frédéric Tournay Not found! Ethnobotanical aspects of Jamesia americana by Plants for a future database Back to the plant list |
