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CHRYSOLEPIS SEMPERVIRENS NNS 00-171
CHRYSOLEPIS SEMPERVIRENS NNS 00-171
Hardy dense broadleaf evergreen shrub. Long fragrant creamy-white catkins May-Jul, edible chestnut-like fruits the following summer, ornamental foliage 1-3m. Seed collected 5650 feet altitude, Blue Ridge, Trinity Mountains, Shasta Co, CA.

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