Pterostyrax hispida
Fragrant Epaulettetree
Styracaceae

Located behind WB Young Bldg by loading dock.

  • leaves alternate, oblong-ovate, almost smooth margin
  • leaves bright green, leaf tip acuminate
  • buds naked, enclosed by miniature leaves, hairy
  • stems smooth, gray, with bark that shreds with age
  • flowers white, in pendulous panicles, in late spring
  • fruit a dry drupe, with prominent bristly hairs, in hanging clusters
  • fruit persistent and a good ID feature
  • bark rather smooth, brown-gray, with vertical striations
  • habit a small multi-stemmed tree or large shrub


View Pterostyrax hispida page in the UConn Plant Database

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