Keyed Out #066 — Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata'

Question 1

A shoot bent to breaking will not snap clean: the bark peels away in a tough {bast} cord that has to be cut through.

Accepted Answer

mezereum family

Question 2

The scented four-lobed trumpet carries no petals at all: what is coloured and waxy is the {calyx} tube itself.

Accepted Answer

Thymelaeaceae

Question 3

Each pollinated flower ripens into a soft one-seeded {drupe}, red and berry-like, rather than a dry fruit left shut inside the withered tube.

Accepted Answer

Daphne

Question 4

Look down the throat of the tube and eight {stamens} stand there in two stacked tiers, not a single low ring of two or four.

Accepted Answer

Daphne

Question 5

The flower heads open on shoots still fully clothed in leathery {evergreen} leaves, not on bare leafless wood that greens up only after flowering.

Accepted Answer

Daphne odora

Question 6

It builds a dense rounded bush about 3 to 4 feet (0.9 to 1.2 m) tall on stiff upright stems, not a prostrate carpet creeping over the ground.

Accepted Answer

Daphne odora