[Taxacom] Small Ericaceae? shrub from California for ID

[Dr Gurcharan Singh]

After a lead from Prof. Stevens the shrub identifies with Correa alba.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018
Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Dr Gurcharan Singh <singhg at sify.com> wrote:

> Dear members
> Seeking identification of a small evergreen cultivated shrub in Sunnyvale
> California, about 60 cm tall, which looked like a Daphne sp, but had 8
> stamens and fruit a capsule splitting along 4 sutures. The key  from
> Bailey, Manual of cultivated Plants leads me to Ericaceae, but not able to
> identify further. Pl. help in ID.
>
> Small evergreen shrub barely 80 cm, leaves opposite, oblong-orbicular,
> green above, white-tomentose beneath, 8-15 mm long; flowers creamy-white,
> singly (or up to 3) on tips of short lateral branches; calyx 3-4 mm long,
> saucer shaped with minute lobes; corolla 12-18 mm long, tubular, split
> 1/3-1/4 with ovate spreading lobes; stamens 8, slightly exserted, free from
> corolla; style very short; fruit a capsule splitting along 4 sutures.
>
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> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/583264314khHwgI
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> --
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> Retired Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College
> University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018
> Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089
> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>