Record Summary | bushes, with ripening fruits, in limestone quarry with C. sternianus, C. horizontalis and C. integrifolius. |
Found as | Bush |
Date | 4 July 2010 |
OS grid ref | OSGR: SY67 |
Lat/Lon | 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W |
Vice County | Dorset, VC no: 9 |
Country | England |
Notes:
Mature leaves: 3.5-10cm/5cm wide, veins 6-7, sparsely greenish woolly tomentose below, with very sparse repent cobwebby hairs above.
Young leaves: densely hairy above and below; a beautiful pale russet below.
Inflorescence with >20 flowers with erect pinkish petals (but they were rather faded so perhaps not reliable.)
Revisited 12 Sept 10 for ripe fruits.
Fruits: bright red, shiny, c. 10mm diam.
27 Feb 11
The few remaining berries measured 6-9mm diam.
Deciduous.
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