Forsythia europaea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Oleaceae |
Genus: | Forsythia |
Species: | F. europaea |
Binomial name | |
Forsythia europaea | |
Forsythia europaea, commonly known as Albanian forsythia or European forsythia, [2] [3] is a species of flowering plant in the olive family, with a native range from Montenegro to northern Albania. [4] It is the only species of Forsythia native to Europe; [2] prior to its discovery in Albania in 1897, it was thought that all Forsythia spp. were native to East Asia. [5]
F. europaea is a shrub, [6] and can grow up to 10 ft (3 m) tall. [7] Its leaves are 5–8 cm (2.0–3.1 in) in length, and are generally entire (smooth edged). [8] It produces numerous yellow flowers, [5] which are 1.25 in (3.2 cm) in diameter. [7]
The shrub produces prolonged elliptical fruit capsules that grow to 5.4−6.0 mm by 1.8−2.2 mm. The fruit capsules have a fine granulate, slightly lustrous, glabrous, gold-yellow to brown appearance. [9]
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The closest relative of F. europaea is F. giraldiana, a species of Forsythia native to China. [10]
F. europaea was first cultivated in 1899, at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. [7] It is not as widely cultivated as other species of Forsythia as it is not as ornamental, [6] although it is still occasionally grown in parks and gardens. [6] [11]
Cultivars produced by hybridisation of F. europaea with F. ovata, a more ornamental species of Forsythia native to Korea, [12] include: