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Rhamnus tinctoria Waldst. & Kit.

Dyer's Buckthorn

Modern name

Rhamnus saxatilis subsp. tinctoria Nyman

Synonyms

R. saxatilis subsp. tinctoria (Waldst. & Kit.) Nyman

This species belongs to the same group as R. infectoria and R. saxatilis, and is a deciduous shrub up to 4 or 6 ft high, the side branchlets spine-tipped. It is distinguished from both its allies by the very hairy leaf-stalk. The largest leaves are 2 in. long by 1 in. wide, the smallest 12 in. long; oval, more or less downy beneath, and with usually three, sometimes four pairs of veins converging towards the apex. Fruits black, top-shaped.

Native of S.E. Europe; introduced in 1820, but of little garden value.


Genus

Rhamnus

Other species in the genus