Monographs Details:
Authority:
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Family:
Myricaceae
Myricaceae
Description:
Species Description - Plants sometimes low (5–10 dm) and colonial by rhizomes, sometimes taller and arborescent, to 10 m or more; lvs evergreen, typically oblanceolate, varying to oblong or lanceolate, mostly 3–9 × 0.6–1.5 cm and 4–5 times as long as wide, usually acute, entire or with a few sharp teeth above the middle, finely punctate on both sides, nearly or quite without eglandular hairs, as also the twigs; glands on the lower lf-surface ± persistent and evidently of 2 sorts, some shining, golden-yellow, others dull brownish and less resinous; staminate catkins produced in the axils of old lvs in April or May (earlier southward), ovoid, 6–12 mm, with obovate-rotund bracts; pistillate catkins linear, 5–10 mm, loose, with lance-ovate bracts, bracteoles 4–6, ± persistent but remaining small and inconspicuous; ovary glabrous; frs 2–3.5 mm, with a thick, waxy coating, glabrous; 2n=16. Moist or wet, sandy soil on the coastal plain; N.J. to Fla., Tex., Ark., and Mex.; W.I.(Cerothamnus c.; Morella c.; Myrica pusilla)
Species Description - Plants sometimes low (5–10 dm) and colonial by rhizomes, sometimes taller and arborescent, to 10 m or more; lvs evergreen, typically oblanceolate, varying to oblong or lanceolate, mostly 3–9 × 0.6–1.5 cm and 4–5 times as long as wide, usually acute, entire or with a few sharp teeth above the middle, finely punctate on both sides, nearly or quite without eglandular hairs, as also the twigs; glands on the lower lf-surface ± persistent and evidently of 2 sorts, some shining, golden-yellow, others dull brownish and less resinous; staminate catkins produced in the axils of old lvs in April or May (earlier southward), ovoid, 6–12 mm, with obovate-rotund bracts; pistillate catkins linear, 5–10 mm, loose, with lance-ovate bracts, bracteoles 4–6, ± persistent but remaining small and inconspicuous; ovary glabrous; frs 2–3.5 mm, with a thick, waxy coating, glabrous; 2n=16. Moist or wet, sandy soil on the coastal plain; N.J. to Fla., Tex., Ark., and Mex.; W.I.(Cerothamnus c.; Morella c.; Myrica pusilla)
Common Names:
wax myrtle
wax myrtle