Keyed Out #123 — Choisya ternata 'Sundance'

Question 1

Five white petals spread above exactly ten {stamens}, set as an outer and an inner rank of five, with the small {ovary} standing free on a glistening ring of nectar-secreting tissue, not half-buried in the flower base beneath a brush of countless stamens.

Accepted Answer

citrus family

Question 2

Hold a {leaflet} against the light and the blade is stippled with translucent pinprick dots, and bruising it releases a sharp aromatic oil, rather than a plain dot-free blade that stays odourless when crushed.

Accepted Answer

Rutaceae

Question 3

The leaves are borne in opposing pairs, two to every joint of the shoot, not set singly one after another up the stem.

Accepted Answer

Choisya

Question 4

What follows the flowers is a small dry leathery {capsule} that browns and splits into two to six sections, not a fleshy fruit with pulp around the seed.

Accepted Answer

Choisya

Question 5

Each leaf carries just three broad blunt {leaflets}, widest above the middle, rather than a fan of up to thirteen narrow, almost grass-like segments.

Accepted Answer

Choisya ternata

Question 6

It keeps its glossy foliage right through winter and often throws a second flush of bloom in autumn, instead of standing bare-stemmed after leaf fall and flowering only once in early summer.

Accepted Answer

Choisya ternata