Vitex trifolia subsp. litoralis Steenis

12136. Vltex ovata Thunb. Sprawling shrub In sandy
sell near the breach; stem lass than 1 inoh thick, terete,
very flexible, xrora a foot to aererai yards long, branched all
along* usually aererai fremi the same root cluster; wood bitterish»
odorless, greenish white, soft» with a large pith; baric brown«
more lesa finely shreded ; branchiets ereet or subereot;
leaves mostly ascending, submembranous, flat or shallowly
foldedupon the upper side, canescent beneath; inflorescence
terminal» erect, stalks and calyx greenish» the odorlesa flowers
light or rather pale blue; Magallanes, ApriJL JLftlfiU „__
ELMEkS field notes
Vitex trifolia var• simplioifolia
Cham*
Identified by H. N. Moldenke and cited
by him in his Monograph of the Genus
November, 1940
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Vitex trifolia ssp. litoralis Steen
2003
Det. R.P.J. de Kok
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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