[Specimen details]

Buxus microphylla
Family Name Buxaceae
Currently Accepted Name Buxus microphylla sinica Rehder & E. H. Wilson
Locality USA. Missouri , St. Louis Co. : Mrs. M.L. Holekamp residence, Webster Groves. 38° 34' 60" N 90° 20' 60" W
Description Young stems downy; leaves lustrous, lighter green with yellow cast; bronze moderately in winter; at 15 years, shrub measured ca. 5.5 ft. tall by 4.5 ft. wide; rather loose growth habit; very hardy, medium-fast growing.
Habitat Garden.
Reproductive State
Specimen Notes CULTIVATED.
Collector M. A. Gamble 39
Collection Date 25 Mar 1974
Accession Number 122179
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