Quercus ilex 'Verduzzo' Jablonski
Full name:
Quercus ilex 'Verduzzo' Jablonski, Int. Oaks 21: 40 (2010)
is an accepted name.
is an accepted name.
Infrageneric Classification:
Subgenus Cerris, Section Ilex
Etymology:
Named by the originator, André Charlier, after the fresh green wine called "Verduzzo" from Friuli Province, Italy.
Description:
An evergreen tree, originated around 1974. Young shoots grey-green hairy, as are the underside of the leaves. Leaves lanceolate, up to 5.5 × 2.8 cm, fresh green above and sparsely hairy, margin more or less undulate with a few spines in the upper half of
Nomenclatural Standard:
HILL, Standard Specimen No. 6810, E. J. Jablonski 08082008, 20 August 2008, collected together with Piers Trehane and André Charlier from the original plant (ortet) at Arboretum Closerie Chêne, Esneux, Belgium.