Copy permalink to share
Cephalotaxaceae
Cephalotaxus

not marked as a favorite taxon *Cephalotaxus harringtonia (Knight ex J. Forbes) K. Koch. Common name: Plum-yew. Habitat: Suburban woodlands. Distribution: Native of e. Asia. Somewhat uncommonly grown horticulturally, but increasingly naturalizing in the vicinity of plantings (as in Chapel Hill, Orange County, NC, and Grottoes, Augusta County, VA). Atha (2019) also reported this species as naturalizing in Bronx County, NY.

Glossary (beta!)

Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia

Taxonomy Comments: Grown as several cultivars, which can appear quite different in size of plant, disposition of leaves, and disposition of branches. 'Fastigiata' cultivars have leaves arrayed radially around upright branches; other cultivars and wild forms have arching or horizontal branches and leaves distichously arrayed.

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NY, POWO, Tripp (1995); Taxus harringtonia Knight ex J.Forbes; = n/a — C, F, FNA2, NS, RAB, S. Basionym: Taxus harringtonia Knight ex J.Forbes 1839

Show in key(s)

Show parent genus | Show parent in key(s)

Your browser does not support SVGs

Hover over a shape, letter, icon, or arrow on the map for definition or see the legend.

image #1 of Cephalotaxus harringtonia© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Cephalotaxus harringtonia© harrier, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by harrier source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Cephalotaxus harringtoniano rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel Atha source CC0 | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Cephalotaxus harringtoniano rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel Atha source CC0 | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Cephalotaxus harringtoniano rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel Atha source CC0 | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Cephalotaxus harringtoniano rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel Atha source CC0 | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Cephalotaxus harringtoniano rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel Atha source CC0 | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Cephalotaxus harringtoniano rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel Atha source CC0 | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Cephalotaxus harringtonia© Ashwin Srinivasan, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ashwin Srinivasan source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Cephalotaxus harringtoniano rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel Atha source CC0 | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Cephalotaxus harringtoniano rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel Atha source CC0 | Original Image ⭷

Feedback

See something missing or incorrect about Cephalotaxus harringtonia? Let us know here:
  1. Please include your name and if possible, email in case when need to clarify what you wrote.
  2. If you opt out of including email, please be as specific as possible (e.g., which photo is incorrect?)
  3. Please do not submit questions asking to identify plants or about horticultural topics (e.g., how do I control an invasive plant in my garden?). Instead, those questions can be submitted here for the Carolinas region only.
  4. Please do not send us feedback about unkeyed species as this work is ongoing.
  5. Please allow time for flora edits to show in our next data release. We greatly appreciate your feedback but may require extra time to research complicated taxonomic issues.

Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro:

Stems:

Leaves:

Inforescence:

Flowers:

Fruits:

Comments:

Height:

plant sale text:

bloom table text:

description:

stems:

leaves:

inflorescence:

flowers:

fruits:

comments:

cultural notes:

germination code:

native range: Japan



0 unsaved edits on this page.

« show previous | back to original search ↑