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Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.

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Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne. (1836)
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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C.Morren & Decne.
C.Morren & Decne.
1836
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Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
species
Elaeagnus ×reflexa

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×reflexa

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Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.

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Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.

Vigorous, often ± scrambling, dense shrub; stems to c. 20 m long, covered in peltate or stellate scales. Young shoots, petioles and lf midrib beneath with brown scales; older branches often spiny. Petiole 5-13 mm long. Lamina 4.5-9 × 1.5-4 cm, elliptic, soon becoming glabrous above, with silvery scales beneath, usually dotted with brown scales, sometimes densely covered in brown scales; margins undulate to almost flat; base rounded; apex obtuse, acute or shortly acuminate. Fascicles few-flowered; fls fragrant, ± pendulous. Pedicels 3-7 mm long, densely covered in brown scales. Calyx 10-13 mm long, abruptly constricted above ovary, covered with mostly silvery and few brown scales outside; lobes 2-4 mm long, triangular, acutely ribbed at base in bud. Stamens inserted at apex of tube; filaments very short, hidden behind anthers. Style slightly > calyx tube. Fr. 1.5-1.8 × 0.8-1 cm, oblong, pale reddish orange, with silver and brown scales. Seed 8-ribbed.

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Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.

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Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
New Zealand
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Elaeagnus ×reflexa C.Morren & Decne.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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cfce8145-2871-4126-94bf-ac1f0d215460
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
27 June 2022
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