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Weigela
floribunda, a small deciduous tree, grows in sunny thickets.
Leaves are of opposite phyllotaxis; blades measure 5- 12 cm long, 3-
6 cm wide, oblong to long-oblong, with tips abruptly becoming
strong, broad-cuneate-shaped bases, and fine serrations on margins.
Deep to dark red, flowers set themselves 2 or 3 on branch tips or
axils; corollas are funnel-shaped, 2.5- 4 cm long, and the upper
parts are cleft into five. The upper halves of the floral tubes
expand abruptly into a bell shape. Ovaries, 1- 1.3 cm long,
cylindrical, are seemingly peduncles, as they are positioned beneath
calyxes, besides being slender and cylindrical. Bloom time:
May-June. |
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