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Spotted-Laurel Family [Garryaceae] |
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Berries: (mildly poisonous, can last to January) |
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25th April 2010, Walkden, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
In a garden setting, with bits of Forsythiapoking through. Leaves lightish green spotted in gold spots. |
28th April 2010, Wistanstow, Shropshire. | Photo: © RWD |
New growth is light green and bolt-upright, and mostly hides the small inconspicuous flowers from view. |
9th April 2013, Derelict Sec Mod School, Walkden, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
Berries normally in small groups less than a dozen on any stalk. |
25th April 2010, Walkden, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
Large red berries do not appear on every bush. Newleaf growth accompanied by sprigs of unobtrusive beetroot coloured flowers. Not all plants flower. |
25th April 2010, Walkden, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
Berries larger than Rowanberries but smaller than cherries. |
25th April 2010, Walkden, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
Flowers quite small and dark-red to beetroot in colour, easily over-looked amongst the prominent bright-green new foliage. Four petals, pointed at the tips. |
25th April 2010, Walkden, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
The centres of the flowers are green at first and shaped like the small nipples on clothes fasteners. They later turn towards a cream hue. Unopened buds are like split cotter pins. The petals have a tendency to curve outwards. |
25th April 2010, Walkden, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
Inconspicuous female flowers at close range. Un-opened bud top left has a slightly differing shape than the male counterpart. |
7th May 2010, a garden in Walkden, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
The petals bend over backwards revealing the translucent green stud in the centre shaped like the nipple part of a two-part clothing fastener. The flowers are on stubby stalks with a crimped node just a few millimeters below. The swelling below the petals may turn into the berry. |
7th May 2010, a garden in Walkden, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
Super-close-up. The flowers are not that large. |
22nd April 2013, Birch Road Co. Sec. Sch, Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
A male plant - male flower with four cream anthers. Un-opened flower buds of male flowers wider at the top.. |
22nd April 2013, Birch Road Co. Sec. Sch, Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Cream-coloured pollen grains on creamy anthers contrast well with the four brown pointed petals. |
22nd April 2013, Birch Road Co. Sec. Sch, Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Male flower with pollen still within the anthers, trying to break out. |
19th April 2016, Ex Birch Road Co. Sec. Sch, Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Pollen spilling out of the anthers. |
19th April 2016, Ex Birch Road Co. Sec. Sch, Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
The 4 cream-coloured anthers splitting open at the top. |
19th April 2016, Ex Birch Road Co. Sec. Sch, Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Pollen grains slightly larger than the cells in the petals. |
Sept 2002, Walkden, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
New leaf growth without accompanying berries, but the dark flowers can just be discerned. Leaves are spotted with irregular-shaped golden-yellow blobs, as if spray-painted with a spluttering gun. |
Some similarities to : Uniquely identifiable characteristics Distinguishing Feature : The irregular golden splotches on the large light-green leaves.
No relation to : Spurge-Laurel which belongs to the Spurge Family nor to More likely to be found growing in a garden than growing wild. The plant is dioecious, with separate male and female flowers growing on different plants.
Not to be confused with:
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Aucuba | japonica | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ | Garryaceae |
Aucuba (Spotted-Laurel) |
Spotted-Laurel Family [Garryaceae] |