Plants, Pictures, and Information
- all about the Genus Daphne
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Native to the European Alps and the Dolomites / up to 0,3 m high and 0,5 m across / on stony scree and alpine meadows always on higher elevations / semi-evergreen / scented / difficult to cultivate cause Daphne striata needs the cool and partly moist conditions of the mountains
looks similar to Daphne cneorum but Daphne striata is glabrous (flowers and leaves) and the leaves are longer than those of Daphne cneorum
Daphne x thauma is a natural hybrid with Daphne petraea.
other hybrids are: Daphne x ampla / Daphne x hauseri / Daphne x lundellii
Above left:
Daphne striata inflorescence
Above right:
Daphne striata at Corna Bianca, Italy
Right:
blossoms close-up of Daphne striata
Engadin, Switzerland
Both pictures above:
Daphne striata, Engadin, Switzerland
Below:
Daphne striata rich flowering shrub, inflorescences, Engadin, Switzerland
Above:
flowering Daphne striata ‘Wolfgang Reich’
Below:
panorama view with Daphne striata in foreground, Engadin, Switzerland
Left:
Daphne striata ‘Wolfgang Reich’
Right:
inflorescence of
Daphne striata ‘Wolfgang Reich’