The blooming Kolkwitzia amabilis Graebn cover photo - 316603665

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Kolkwitzia amabilis Graebn. is a deciduous, multi branched shrub plant of the Lonicera family, with a height of up to 3 meters Winter buds have several pairs of scales covered with soft hairs, young branches are reddish brown, covered with soft and rough hairs, old branches are hairless, and stem bark is peeled off Leaves elliptical or oval shaped, rare with shallow teeth, sparsely short hairs on both sides, veins and leaf edges densely covered with straight soft hair and eyelashes Bracts lanceolate, closely attached to the base of the flower, calyx tube densely covered with bristles, upper part constricted into a neck The fruit is dense and angular at the top [6] The flowering period is from May to June The fruit ripening period is from August to September. [7] It is named Hedgehog Fruit because its fruit is covered with thorny hairs.

amabilis angular attached august bark base bloom blooming bracts branched branches bristles brown buds calyx closely constricted covered deciduous dense densely edges elliptical eyelashes family flower flowering fruit graebn hair hairless hairs hedgehog height june kolkwitzia lanceolate leaf leaves lonicera may meters multi named neck old oval pairs peeled period plant rare reddish ripening rough scales september shallow shaped short shrub sides soft sparsely stem straight teeth thorny tube upper veins winter young