Ilex pedunculosa
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Ilex pedunculosa | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Aquifoliales |
Family: | Aquifoliaceae |
Genus: | Ilex |
Species: | I. pedunculosa
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Ilex pedunculosa | |
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Ilex pedunculosa, called longstalk holly, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ilex, native to central and southern China, Taiwan, and Japan.[2] A lanky shrub or shrubby tree typically reaching 5 m (16 ft) in the garden, it is quite cold hardy (to USDA zone 5a).[3] It gets its specific epithet and common name from its long peduncle (the stalk from which the berry depends). The red berries are relished by birds. It is deer resistant.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., ser. 2, 2: 83 (1868)
- ^ a b "Ilex pedunculosa Miq". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Ilex pedunculosa". North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. N.C. Cooperative Extension. 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.