Gean leaves and blossom in Scotland.
Gean is a species of cherry, native to Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia, from the British Isles south to Morocco and Tunisia, and east to southern Sweden, Poland, Ukraine, the Caucasus, and northern Iran, with a small disjunct population in the western Himalaya. The leaves are alternate, simple ovoid-acute, 7–14 cm long and 4–7 cm broad, glabrous matt or sub-shiny green above, variably finely downy beneath, with a serrated margin and an acuminate tip, with a green or reddish petiole 2– cm long bearing two to five small red glands. The tip of each serrated edge of the leaves also bear small red flowers are produced in early spring at the same time as the new leaves, borne in corymbs of two to six together, each flower pendent on a 2–5 cm peduncle, – cm diameter, with five pure white petals, yellowish stamens, and a superior ovary; they are hermaphroditic, and pollinated by bees.
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Location: Menstrie Clackmannanshire Scotland UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain Europe
Photo credit: © Ben Cleuch / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: blossom, british, cherry, corymbs, european, flowers, gean, leaves, mazzard, regeneration, rosaceae, scotland, seasons, spring, springtime, sweet, white, wild
