Escallonia
Escallonia in an overgrown hedge
on Bryer, Scillies
Flowerheads
Flower tubes, stigma, style and ovary
Stamens and stigmas
Sepals and nascent 7-sided capsules
Glossy, toothed leaves
Softly-hairy, glandular twigs
Escallonia macrantha
Escalloniaceae
May to October
As a hedging plant it is grown throughout the country.
The naturalised escape in found mainly in the South and
Southwest
See the BSBI distribution map for Escallonia
It is a neophyte, introduced from Chile in the 1840s and
known in the wild since the early 1900s.
It is widely used for hedging in coastal areas.
It is naturalised on waste ground, brown field sites, cliffs,
banks and roadsides, and in woodland.
It is increasing.
Escallonia is an evergreen shrub. growing up to 4m.
Flowers are pinkish-red and bell-shaped.
Flowers are 5-merous with anthers level with the top of
the corolla tube.
The long style and the disc-shaped stigma persists
after the petals drop.
Fruits are 7-sided capsules.
Reproduction is by seed.
The leaves are dark green, oval to round, glossy and
toothed.
They are resinous on the lower surface.
The stems are softly-hairy, glandular and sticky.
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Escallonia in an overgrown hedge
on Bryer, Scillies
Flowerheads
Flower tubes, stigma, style and ovary
Stamens and stigmas
Sepals and nascent 7-sided capsules
Glossy, toothed leaves
Softly-hairy, glandular twigs
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