Acer opalus subsp. obtusatum
Common name:
Bosnian Maple
Pronunciation:
AY-ser oh-PAH-lus ob-tu-SAH-tum
Family:
Sapindaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Broadleaf, deciduous medium-sized tree or dense shrub, to about 30-40 ft (10-13 m) tall with a broad, rounded crown; trunk, brown-green. Leaves opposite, simple, 10-12 cm wide, dark green and smooth above, lower surface gray-green, pubescent 5-lobed, lobes short, very rounded and blunt, irregularly toothed; petiole yellow. Flowers yellow, numerous, in short, hanging clusters (umbles). Fruit (samaras) small, 2.5-3 cm long, nutlets round and green (often parthenocarpic), wings brown, held at right angles.
- Sun to part shade.\
- Hardy to USDA Zone 5 Native to Hungary, the Balkans, southern Italy, and Morocco.
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