Lyonothamnus
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Lyonothamnus (Lyon's shrub; named for W. S Lyon, who sent specimens to Asa Gray from Santa Catalina Island, California). Rosaceae. Ornamental woody plant grown for its handsome foliage and the large clusters of white flowers. Evergreen shrub or small tree: lvs. opposite, petioled, lanceolate and nearly entire or pinnate: fls. perfect, in terminal flat corymbs; calyx with 2-3 bractlets at the base; tube hemispherical; lobes 5; petals 5, orbicular; stamens 10, inserted at the margin of the 10-lobed, lanate disk: carpels 2, developing into woody dehiscent caps., each with 4 ovate-oblong seeds.—One species on the islands off the coast of S. Calif. The pinnate-lvd. variety is grown to some extent in N. and S. Calif, and is locally known as "ironwood" or "palo fierro." It is difficult to prop.; seeds are rarely obtainable and only a small percentage germinate; cuttings are usually not successful, but it is said that basal sprouts root more readily.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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