| Quercus senescens | |
| Author | Hand.-Mazz. 1929 Symb. Sin. 7: 37 |
| Synonyms | ilex var. rufescens Franch. 1899 p.p. |
| Local names | hui bei li ; |
| Range | Yunnan ; Himalaya ; 1800 - 3300 m |
| Growth habit | usually less
than 3 m tall, but may reach 10 m; |
| Leaves | 3.5-5 x 1.8-3 cm; long-elliptic; apex obtuse; base rounded or slightly cordate; margin entire, most often rolled under; sometimes toothed; adaxially with fascicled and multiradiate hairs, glabrescent; many pale grey brown hairs beneath (glandular simple uniseriate, and solitary and fascicled hairs); 6-10 vein pairs; petiole 2-4 mm long, brown, tomentose; |
| Flowers | April-May; pistillate
inflorescences less than 3 cm long; |
| Fruits | acorn 1.5 cm long, 0.8 cm in diameter; ovoid; enclosed 1/2 by cup; cup with triangular, grey tomentose scales; maturing in 1 year; |
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Bark, twigs and |
young
twigs densely grey brown stellate tomentose; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A.Camus : n° 89; -- |
| Subspecies and varieties |
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Q.muliensis Hu 1951 Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 147 = Q.senescens var. muliensis (Hu) Hsu & Wei Jen ex Govaerts 1998 occurs in Yunnan; it is probably a hybrid between Q.senescens and Q.monimotricha; general habit and leaf-shape are those of Q.monimotricha, but leaf and twig tomentum is that of Q.senescens. |
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