U.S. National Arboretum Herbarium (NA)
NA0045929
58898
510838
Prunus sargentii Rehder
Rosaceae
Jefferson, Roland M.
s.n.
1986-05-12
Japan, Hokkaido, Shintoku, Hokkadio Forest Exp. Station.
edge of dense forest. Soil moist, covered by wild ginger.
Single stem tree 20 x 10 m. with open round crown. Bark smooth, chestnut brown with long lenticels. flowers very pale pink 3-3.5 cm. with spreading, almost flat overlapping petals, occurring with young dark bronze leaves leaves large, 7-9 cm. long very dull green with some insect damage. (Although the tree is not as healthy as some of the other I have seen, it was selected because of its very attractive pale pink flowers fruit few. Approx. 40 yrs.
Pressed specimen
General herbarium
Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
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For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Harlan Svoboda, Curator (harlan.svoboda@usda.gov)
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