Fraxinus angustifolia 'Pendula Vera'

Fraxinus angustifolia 'Pendula Vera', or true weeping narrow-leafed ash, is a weeping tree and a cultivar of Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. angustifolia, the Narrow-leafed Ash. It was first mentioned by Beissner, Schelle & Zabel [1] in 1903. No trees are known to survive of this cultivar.

Fraxinus angustifolia 'Pendula Vera'
GenusFraxinus
SpeciesFraxinus angustifolia
Cultivar'Pendula Vera'
OriginGermany

Description

A strongly weeping tree with a leader and with perpendicular branches forming a dome shape. More pendulous then the well known 'Pendula'

Accessions

This cultivar used to be cultivated in Germany. No specimens are known to survive.

Synonymy

  • Fraxinus lentiscifolia f. pendula-vera Beissner, Schelle & Zabel (1901), nom. nud. [as f. pendula vera] [2]

References

  1. Beissner, L., Schelle, E. & Zabel, H. (1903). Handbuch der Laubgehöl-Benennung: 625pp. Parey, Berlin.
  2. Govaerts, R., Michielsen, K. & Jablonski, E. (2011). Untraced Weeping Broadleaf cultivars: an overview. Belgische Dendrologie Belge Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine 2009: 19-30.
  • "Fraxinus angustifolia f. pendula". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
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