لوز فضي

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves: Elliptic to oblong, finely crenate-dentate, base cuneate, apex acute; upper surface green, lower surface silvery-white or tomentose, giving the species its name.

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers: Flowers solitary or paired, appearing before or with the leaves. Pedicels slender. Petals white, rounded; calyx lobes triangular.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit: Drupe globose-ovoid, blackish at maturity, 1–1.5 cm, not edible.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Phenology: Flowers in spring (April–May).

الانتشار الموثق

Lebanese distribution: Rare; scattered in upper mountain habitats (Mouterde notes only a few records).

Syrian distribution: More frequent in the Anti-Lebanon and Damascus region.

Native range: Southeastern Europe to Western Asia — Albania, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Iran. (POWO)

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit: Shrub or small tree, often 2–5 m tall, with many branches; branchlets usually glabrous.

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي المقبول

Prunus argentea

الفصيلة

وردية

نباتات من الفصيلة نفسها

Amelanchier parviflora

لوز مر

Amygdalus korschinskii

Crataegus × sinaica

Potentilla geranioides subsp. syriaca