| Magnolia obovata,
a deciduous tree inhabiting hills or mountains, grows up to 30m in
height with gray-white barks. Leaves are of alternate phyllotaxis,
gathering at branch ends, each 20-40cm in length,10-25cm in width,
in the shape of an obovate to obovate-like oblong, margins entire.
As the leaves finish development, the branch tips emerge primarily,
15cm-in-diameter yellow-white, fragrant flowers; perianth lobes,
9-12 in number, 3 out of them beneath the others are smaller in a
calyx way. Stamens, with light yellow anthers and red filaments,
surround the mass of pistils. Bloom time: May-June. |
Wild plants in and around Shimane
島根とその周辺の野生植物