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Scientific name:

Holodiscus discolor

Vernacular name:

Oceanspray


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Oceanspray

Scientific name: Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim.

Diagnostic features
Stems to 4m, erect to arching.
Leaves ovate to broadly so, coarsely toothed and ± lobed, greyish-pubescent to -tomentose on lowerside.
Panicles arching to pendent, up to 30cm.
Achenes pubescent.

Chromosome number: (2n=18).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; grown in gardens, naturalized inhedges and scrub and on walls.

Distribution
Scattered in England and Scotland; West North America.

This species is keyed out on Page 2327: Holodiscus and other genera in the Text Key.

See Physocarpus opulifolius for differences.

Holodiscus discolor (Oceanspray)
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