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The possible Smooth-leaved Elm Ulmus minor subsp. minor cultivar 'Purpurascens' was listed by Lavallée [2] in Arb. Segrez. 236, 1877, as U. campestris var. purpurascens, but without description, and later by Schneider in Ill. Handb. Laubh. 1: 220, 1904. Krüssmann [3] in Handb. Laubgeh. 2: 540, 1962, identified it as a cultivar. Reputed to have small leaves approximately 25 mm long, tinged with purple when young, but turning dark-green later, and usually remaining a shrub [1]. It is unlikely the tree remains in cultivation.
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- ^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
