Korean weigela
Weigela subsessilis · Caprifoliaceae · 병꽃나무
Look
- Leaves
- The petiole is short, 1.5 to 4.1 mm, and half-clasps the stem. The blade is elliptic, broadly elliptic or ovate, 3.6 to 12.3 cm long and 2.1 to 7.7 cm wide, finely toothed; the white hairs on the main and lateral veins beneath mostly fall off at maturity.
- Flowers
- In April to May, 1 to 2 flowers are borne at the tips of one-year-old twigs and in the leaf axils. The funnel-shaped corolla changes from pale yellow-green to red, with yellow guide lines inside.
- Fruit
- The cylindrical capsule is 1.9 to 2.3 cm long and ripens blackish purple to black in September to October. It splits in two to scatter the seeds, but the husk remains until spring. Seeds are cylindrical rhombic, 0.8 to 1.2 mm long.
- Bark
- Old bark is dark gray-brown with coarse lengthwise wrinkles; two-year-old twigs are purple and smooth with oval lenticels.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native
- Native to
- Endemic to Korea (Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungbuk, Chungnam, Jeonbuk, Jeonnam, Gyeongbuk, Gyeongnam).