Elaeagnus commutata
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Elaeagnus commutata (American Silverberry or Wolf-willow), is a species of Elaeagnus native to western North America, from southern Alaska through British Columbia east to Manitoba, and south to Utah and across the upper Midwestern Unites States to South Dakota and western Minnesota.[1] It typically grows on dry to moist sandy and gravel soils in steppes, meadows or woodland edges.[2]
It is a shrub or small tree growing to 1–4 m tall. The leaves are broad lanceolate, 2-7 cm long, silvery on both sides with dense small white scales. The flowers are yellow, with a four-lobed corolla 6-14 mm long; they are fragrant. The fruit is an ovoid drupe 9–12 mm long, also covered in silvery scales. The fruit pulp is floury in texture, and surrounds the single seed.[2]
It is cultivated as an ornamental plant for its silvery foliage.
[edit] References
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Elaeagnus commutata
- ^ a b Plants of British Columbia: Elaeagnus commutata
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