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Weigela floribunda,
a small deciduous tree, grows in sunny
thickets. Leaves are opposite phyllotaxis; blades measure 5-12cm
long, 3-6cm 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, 2.5-4cm long, and the upper parts
are cleft into five. The upper halves of the floral tubes expand
abruptly into a bell shape. Ovaries, 1-1.3cm long, cylindrical, are
seemingly peduncles, as those positioned beneath calyxes, besides
being slender and cylindrical. Bloom time: May-June. |
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