Periploca graeca

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Periploca graeca, Linn. Silk-vine. Deciduous shrub, twining to 40 ft.: lvs. petioled, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, dark green and glossy above, 1 1/2-4 in. long and 1-2 in. broad: fls. in loose, long-peduncled cymes, brownish purple inside, greenish at the margin and outside, 1 in. across; corolla-lobes oblong, spreading, villous; crown with 5 slender thread-like incurved glabrous appendages: follicles narrow, about 4 in. long. July, Aug. S. Eu., W. Asia. B.M. 2289. B.R. 803. L.B.C. 14:1389. Gn. 34, p. 78.—A vigorous and high- growing climber with handsome dark green and shining foliage remaining unchanged until late in fall. Under the name of P. angustifolia a narrow-lvd. form is sometimes cult., which is P. graeca var. angustifolia, Jag. The true P. angustifolia, Labill., is synonymous with P. laevigata, Ait., from the Canary Isls. and N. Afr., with persistent lvs. and pubescent appendages of the crown. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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