Elaeagnus angustifolia
 
Russian Olive

Leaf and Two Fruit

Regina
18-August-2015

The fruit consists of an achene surrounded by fleshy tissue derived from the hypanthium.  This is an example of an accessory fruit.

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Angustifolia: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 
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shrubs spiny

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young twigs silvery stellate-pubescent ; NOT [young twigs brown stellate-pubescent]

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leaves lanceolate; NOT [leaves elliptic]

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style enclosed at base by tubular disc

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fruit yellow; NOT [fruit silvery, dry]

 

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Elaeagnus: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 
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leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite]

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flowers perfect or polygamous; NOT [flowers unisexual]

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sepals 4; NOT [sepals 2]

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stamens 4; NOT [stamens 8]

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tube much longer than the ovary; NOT [tube shorter]

 

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Elaeagnaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 
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shrubs or trees; NOT [herbs]

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plants with erect stems; NOT [plants with decumbent stems]

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plants not climbing

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leaves simple; NOT [leaves pinnately compound]

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leaves wider; NOT [leaves linear]

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leaves silvery or brownish scurfy

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leaves deciduous; NOT [leaves evergreen]

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flowers not in catkins or aments; NOT [male flowers, at least, in catkins or aments]

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flowers with only one floral ring

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fruit without a feathery style; NOT [fruit with a persistent feathery style]

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fruit fleshy when ripe; NOT [fruit dry when ripe]