月月红
树枝和树叶
Branches and Leaves
•乔木或大灌木,高达3~5 m; 树冠圆球形;分枝较少,粗壮;生长旺盛。叶二型:春叶椭圆形或倒卵状椭圆形,长8~10cm,宽4~4 . 5 cm, 长宽比约2.0~2.4;基部楔形或狭楔形,下延;先端突尖;叶缘常有尖锐锯齿,稀全缘;叶面略皱,侧脉6~8对,显著凹下,网脉稀疏而不明显。叶柄长8~12(15)mm, 多少带紫红色。秋叶长圆形,叶缘有锯齿,幼叶紫红色。
•Tree or big shrub to 3-5 m; crown spheroidal; branches sparse, stout. Leaves 2-shaped: those in spring elliptic or obovate elliptic,8- 10 cm×4-4.5 cm, base cuneate or narrow cuneate, decurrent, apex cuspidate; margin usually acute serrate,rarely entire,adaxially rugulose, secondary veins 6-8 pairs,engraved obviously,reticulate veins sparse unobvious; petioles 8- 12(15)mm long,purplish red; those in autumn long elliptic,margin serrate; young leaves purple red.



花
Flower
•花枝长15~20cm, 每节有花芽2~3对。圆锥花序有花15~20朵,次第开放;花序有明显总梗,长达2~3cm, 带紫红色;苞片披针形,长达4~6mm, 紫红色;花梗长 7~10mm, 黄绿色。花浅橙黄色 (RHS-CC 21B~22C)。花萼黄绿色;花冠斜展,阔钟形,直径约7mm; 花冠裂片椭圆形,长约3mm, 宽约2mm,略内折呈舟形;雄蕊2,偶 3,橙黄色。雌蕊完全败育,不结实。以秋季开花较盛,其他季节有少量花开。秋季花期9 月下旬至10月中下旬。
•Flowering twigs 15-20 cm with flower buds 2-3 pairs per node. Panicle 15-20 flowered, peduncle obvious 2-3 cm long,purplish red; bract purplish red, lanceolate,4-6 mm long; pedicels 7- 10 mm long,greenish green; corolla spreading, broad campanulate,light orange yellow(RHS-CC 21B-22C),7 mm diameter; corolla lobes elliptic,3mm×2 mm,slightly folded into ship-shaped; stamens2(3),orange yellow; pistils abortive, without fruiting. Blooming mainly in late September to middle or late October.


分布
Distribution
•产四川成都温江。江苏苏州、南京有栽培。
•Origin in Chengdu,Sichuang; Now cultivated:Suzhou 、Nanjing, Jiangsu; Hangzhou,Zhejiang.
备注
Remark
•花橙黄色,春叶较大,叶缘常有锯齿,幼叶紫红色
•Flowers orange yellow; spring leaves larger, margin serrate; young leaves purple red.
