Vasilis Teodoridis:
Elaeagnaceae | Elaeagnus
39. Elaeagnus pungens Thunberg in Murray; Syst. Veg.; ed. 14. 164. 1784.
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Shrubs; evergreen; 3-4 m tall; densely branched. Spines frequent; young branches densely brown scaly. Petiole robust; 5-15 mm; rugose; brown scaly; leaf blade oblong to narrowly so; 5-10 x 1.8-3.5 cm; leathery; abaxially with dense whitish and usually also brown scales; adaxially glabrous and glossy; lateral veins 7-9 per side of midrib; base rounded; margin obsoletely toothed with prominently undulate margins; apex obtuse to bluntly acute. Flowers few; clustered in axils. Pedicel 5-8 mm; brown scaly. Calyx tube funnelform; rather broad; 6-7 mm; abruptly narrowed at base; lobes ovate; ca. 1/2 as long as tube; apex rounded. Drupe oblong; 1.2-1.5 cm; brown scaly. Fl. Sep-Dec; fr. Apr-Jun.
Open slopes; roadsides or thickets; often near the sea; below 1000 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Zhejiang
Vasilis Teodoridis:
fern Dryopteridaceae