Pittosporum-tenuifolium-'Marjorie Channon' from California-GS25022021-4

[Gurcharan Singh]

Pittosporum-tenuifolium-'Marjorie Channon' 

Pittosporum tenuifolium is similar in appearance to P. undulatum in thin undulate leaves but differs in greyish green leaves and red flowers.

cultivar 'Marjorie Channon'  has creamy margined leaves. Photographed from Summerwinds Nursery, Sunnyvale, California, 9-10-2012

 

Key from Bailey, Manual of Cultivated Plants

Fls. dark red or purple.

     Lvs. densely white-pubescent beneath 1. P. crassifolium 

     Lvs. glabrous beneath 2. P. tenuifolium 

Fls. white, greenish, or yellow. 

      Lvs. obtuse, very thick and leathery. 

           Petals almost 1/2 in. long 3. P. Tobira 

           Petals 1/4 in. or less long 4. P. viridiflorum

     Lvs. acute, rather thin. 

           Fls. axillary: lvs. linear 5. P. phillyrseoides 

           Fls. in terminal clusters: lvs. lanceolate or broader. 

                Shape of lvs. rhomboid, margins coarsely toothed 6. P. rhombifolium                     Shape of lvs. oval-oblong to lanceolate, margins undulate. 

                        Petals about ^in. long 7. P. undulatum 

                        Petals less than lA\n.. long 8. P. eugenioides

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.

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