Juniperus semiglobosa

Name and publication

Juniperus semiglobosa Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 487 (1879).

Description

Branches and fleshy cones of Himalayan pencil cedar sometime appear in potpourri. Imbricated leaves are rhombic, obtuse, with an oblong-dorsal glad, tightly appressed to the branchlets. The cones are black, often with a blue glaucous coating, 6-7 mm in diameter, 2-3(-4)-seeded.

Nativity and distribution

Juniperus semiglobosa is native to Asia.

Family

Cupressaceae

 leafy branches; photo by Lyndon Photography

leafy branches; photo by Lyndon Photography

 leafy branch with fleshy cones, close-up; photo by Lyndon Photography

leafy branch with fleshy cones, close-up; photo by Lyndon Photography

 leafy branch with fleshy cones; photo by Christina Southwick

leafy branch with fleshy cones; photo by Christina Southwick