It is a semi-evergreen or deciduousshrub, growing to 3 m (rarely up to 5 m) tall. The stems are stiff, erect, with grey-brown bark spotted with small brown lenticels. The leaves are borne in decussate opposite pairs, sub-shiny green, narrow oval to lanceolate, 2–6 cm long and 0.5–1.5 cm broad. The flowers are produced in mid-summer in panicles 3–6 cm long, each flower creamy-white, with a tubular base and a four-lobed corolla ('petals') 4–6 mm diameter. The flowers produce a strong, pungent fragrance that many people find unpleasant. The fruit is a small glossy black berry 6–8 mm diameter, containing one to four seeds. The berries are poisonous to humans but readily eaten by thrushes, which disperse the seeds in their droppings.[4][5][6]
Plants from the warmer parts of the range show a stronger tendency to be fully evergreen; these have sometimes been treated as a separate varietyLigustrum vulgare var. italicum (Mill.) Vahl,[5] but others do not regard it as distinct.[1]
The species was used for hedging in Elizabethan gardens in England, but was superseded by the more reliably evergreen introduction L. ovalifolium from Japan.[7]
A number of cultivars have been selected, including:[5]
'Aureum' – yellow leaves.
'Buxifolium' – small, oval leaves not over 2.5 cm long.
'Cheyenne' – cold-tolerant clone selected in North America.
'Chlorocarpum' - berries green.
'Insulense' – long, narrow leaves 5–11 cm long and 1-2.5 cm broad.
'Leucocarpum' – berries greenish-white.
'Lodense' – dense, dwarf shrub (the name is a portmanteau of 'low' and 'dense').
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January 31, 2023
ligustrum, vulgare, wild, privet, also, sometimes, known, common, privet, european, privet, species, ligustrum, native, central, southern, europe, north, africa, southwestern, asia, from, ireland, southwestern, sweden, south, morocco, east, poland, northwester. Ligustrum vulgare wild privet also sometimes known as common privet or European privet is a species of Ligustrum native to central and southern Europe north Africa and southwestern Asia from Ireland and southwestern Sweden south to Morocco and east to Poland and northwestern Iran 1 2 3 4 5 Ligustrum vulgareMature shrub in summerScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade AsteridsOrder LamialesFamily OleaceaeGenus LigustrumSpecies L vulgareBinomial nameLigustrum vulgareL Contents 1 Description 2 Cultivation and uses 3 Invasiveness 4 Etymology 5 Gallery 6 See also 7 ReferencesDescription Edit Berries It is a semi evergreen or deciduous shrub growing to 3 m rarely up to 5 m tall The stems are stiff erect with grey brown bark spotted with small brown lenticels The leaves are borne in decussate opposite pairs sub shiny green narrow oval to lanceolate 2 6 cm long and 0 5 1 5 cm broad The flowers are produced in mid summer in panicles 3 6 cm long each flower creamy white with a tubular base and a four lobed corolla petals 4 6 mm diameter The flowers produce a strong pungent fragrance that many people find unpleasant The fruit is a small glossy black berry 6 8 mm diameter containing one to four seeds The berries are poisonous to humans but readily eaten by thrushes which disperse the seeds in their droppings 4 5 6 Plants from the warmer parts of the range show a stronger tendency to be fully evergreen these have sometimes been treated as a separate variety Ligustrum vulgare var italicum Mill Vahl 5 but others do not regard it as distinct 1 Cultivation and uses EditIn the British Isles it is the only native privet common in hedgerows and woodlands in southern England and Wales especially in chalk areas it is less common in northern England Scotland and Northern Ireland where it only occurs as an escapee from cultivation 5 7 8 The species was used for hedging in Elizabethan gardens in England but was superseded by the more reliably evergreen introduction L ovalifolium from Japan 7 A number of cultivars have been selected including 5 Aureum yellow leaves Buxifolium small oval leaves not over 2 5 cm long Cheyenne cold tolerant clone selected in North America Chlorocarpum berries green Insulense long narrow leaves 5 11 cm long and 1 2 5 cm broad Leucocarpum berries greenish white Lodense dense dwarf shrub the name is a portmanteau of low and dense Pyramidale fastigiate Xanthocarpum berries yellow Invasiveness EditThe species is listed as invasive as an introduced plant in Australia 9 Canada 10 New Zealand 11 and the United States 12 13 It is also fully naturalised in Mexico s highlands 14 and Argentina 15 Etymology EditLigustrum means binder It was named by Pliny and Virgil 16 Gallery Edit See also EditPrivet as an invasive plantReferences Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ligustrum vulgare a b Flora Europaea Ligustrum vulgare Ligustrum vulgare Plants for a Future Ligustrum vulgare Germplasm Resources Information Network GRIN Agricultural Research Service ARS United States Department of Agriculture USDA Retrieved 17 December 2017 a b Blamey M amp Grey Wilson C 1989 Flora of Britain and Northern Europe ISBN 0 340 40170 2 a b c d e Bean W J 1978 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles vol 2 576 577 ISBN 0 7195 2256 0 Flora of Northwest Europe Ligustrum vulgare permanent dead link a b The Reader s Digest Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Britain p 52 Flora of Northern Ireland Ligustrum vulgare Potential Environmental Weeds in Australia 1 Canadian Botanical Conservation Network Information on Invasive Shrub and Vine Species Archived 2007 08 27 at the Wayback Machine Protecting and Restoring our Natural Heritage Appendix one Invasive weeds Archived 2015 01 28 at the Wayback Machine Swearingen Jil Reshetiloff K Slattery B Zwicker S 2010 Plant Invaders of Mid Atlantic Natural Areas 4th Edition PDF National Park Service and U S Fish amp Wildlife Service p 71 Invasive species European privet Plantas medicinales Virtudes insospechadas de plantas conocidas 1987 Reader s Digest Mexico S A de C V Printed by Graficas Monte Alban S A de C V Queretaro Mexico ISBN 968 28 0099 4 Gavier Pizarro Gregorio I Kuemmerle Tobias Hoyos Laura E Stewart Susan I Huebner Cynthia D Keuler Nicholas S Radeloff Volker C 2012 Monitoring the invasion of an exotic tree Ligustrum lucidum from 1983 to 2006 with Landsat TM ETM satellite data and support vector machines in Cordoba Argentina Remote Sensing of Environment 122 134 145 Archived from the original on 2020 10 31 Retrieved 2014 04 27 Gledhill David 2008 The Names of Plants Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780521866453 hardback ISBN 9780521685535 paperback p 237 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ligustrum vulgare amp oldid 1119222450, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
