Ilex pedunculosa
Longstalk Holly
Aquifoliaceae

Located in Torrey Life Science building courtyard..

  • leaves evergreen, alternate, elliptic to lanceolate
  • leaves pointed, smooth-margined
  • leaves deep green; yellow or brownish in winter
  • stems brownish green when young
  • stems and bark smooth and grey
  • fruit a red berry, hanging on long stalk (1"-2")
  • flowers white, in spring, inconspicuous
  • habit large multi-stemmed shrub or small tree (to 25')
  • form may resemble thick-trunked tree with age
  • form often irregular and shrubby when young


View Ilex pedunculosa page in the UConn Plant Database

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