PLANTS Profile for Forsythia ×intermedia (showy forsythia)

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Forsythia ×intermedia Zabel [suspensa × viridissima]
showy forsythia

Symbol:

FOIN3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Oleaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Forsythia ×intermedia Zabel [suspensa × viridissima]

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Washoe Co., Wilbur D. May Arboretum. April 1, 2005. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Forsythia ×intermedia Zabel [suspensa × viridissima]

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Distribution:
Forsythia ×intermedia Zabel [suspensa × viridissima]


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USA (IN, OH, VA)

Related Taxa:
Forsythia ×intermedia Zabel [suspensa × viridissima]

View 14 genera in Oleaceae, 5 species in Forsythia

Classification:
Forsythia ×intermedia Zabel [suspensa × viridissima]

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Oleaceae – Olive family
Genus	Forsythia Vahl – forsythia
Species	Forsythia ×intermedia Zabel [suspensa × viridissima] – showy forsythia

Introduced Information:
Forsythia ×intermedia Zabel [suspensa × viridissima]

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Forsythia ×intermedia Zabel [suspensa × viridissima]

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507912.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:27 PM CST