Juniperus sabina
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Juniperus sabina, linn. Spreading or procumbent shrub, rarely with erect st. to 10 ft.: branchlets rather slender, of a very strong, disagreeable odor when bruised: lvs. needle-shaped, acute and slightly spreading or imbricate, oblong-rhombic, obtuse or subacute, usually dark green: fr. 1/5-1/4in.thick, globular, 1-3-seeded. Mountains of cent, and S. Eu., W. Asia, Siberia, N. Amer.—very variable. The most remarkable varietiesare the following: var. fastigiata, Beissn. Erect shrub of columnar habit, with dark green, mostly imbricate lvs. var. cupressifolia, Ait. (var. humilis, Endl.). Procumbent, with ascending thickish branchlets: lvs. usually imbricate, scale-like, often bluish green. var. tamariscifolia, Ait. (J. sabinoides, Griseb.) Procumbent or ascending, rarely erect: lvs. usually all needle- shaped and often in 3's, slightly incurved, dark and bright green, with a white line above. Mountains of S. Eu. G.W. 1, p. 304. var. variegata, Beissn. Branchlets variegated with creamy white: lvs. mostly imbricate.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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