Lindera obtusiloba
Blunt-lobed spice bush · also Lindera obtusiloba, Blunt-lobe spicebush
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Lindera obtusiloba is a spreading deciduous shrub or small tree, reaching up to 20 feet tall and wide. It features glossy, aromatic leaves and deep yellow flowers that emerge in spring before the foliage. Its juvenile leaves are distinctively lobed and deep purple, often turning yellow in autumn.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 120.01%23 yr10 in
- 20.00%——
- 10.00%—2.0 in
Traits
- Form
- Spreading
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 20 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20 ft
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 10 in, mean 9.6 in, 90th percentile 11 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands
- Southeast Tibet shrublands and meadows
Other Lindera in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
