| Elaeagnus multiflora,
a deciduous shrub, occasionally being a tree, that grows to 2-4m in
height, inhabits roadsides, spinneys, or wastelands in coastal to
hilly districts. Leaves are alternate; blades measuring 3-9cm long,
2-5cm wide, broad-oblong to -oval, with silver squamous hairs on
surfaces, and backsides also have dense silver squamous hairs
mingling in them some red-brown squamous hairs. Leaf axils hang 1-3
light-yellow flowers down; calyx tubes are cylindrical, about 8mm
long. Sepals are 4 in number, broad oval, significantly large.
Pseudocarps are 1.2-1.7cm in length, broad-oval, mature red in
May-July. Bloom time: April-May. |
Wild plants in and around Shimane
島根とその周辺の野生植物
