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With ash-gray barks,
Magnolia sieboldii ssp. japonica,
a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to approximately 5m in
height, inhabits deciduous broad-leaved forests in hilly districts.
Leaves are of alternate phyllotaxis; blades measuring 6-20cm in
length and 5-12cm in width are obovate to broadly obovate, with
quick tips pointed, and the margins are entire. The leaves' bottom
sides tinge white, and the hairless petioles measure 2-4cm in
length. As leaf development ends, branch tops set 5-10cm across
white flowers facing sideways or downward; outer tepals, 3 in
number, are sepal-like, and inner tepals, 6-9, are petal-like,
filaments light red, and anthers light yellow-green. Bloom time:
May-July. |