Scientific Name:	Magnolia x soulangeana
Pronunciation:	mag-NO-lee-uh ex soo-lan-jee-AY-nuh
Common Name:	saucer magnolia
Family Name:	Magnoliaceae
Plant Type:	Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Leaves <20 cm, dark green, obovate; flowers fragrant, 8-20(-35) cm, rose-pale purple outer and pink-white inner tepals (commonly 9), goblet-shaped; fruit a brown aggregate with orange-red seeds. Winter ID: short dense hairs on flower buds.
Course(s):	HORT 1155, Level 4 Apprenticeship

Habit: Spreading Form: Oval - vertical, Round Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 5 - 7m Spread: 5 - 7m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Garden origin (M. denudata x M. liliiflora) Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Specimen plant Additional Info: Google Images. Cultivars shown or on campus may include M. ‘Rustica Rubra’ and M. 'San Jose' (there are over 100 named cvs.).

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic Apices: Acute, Cuspidate Bases: Attenuate Margins: Entire Additional Info: leaf hairs on lower surface only

Inflorescence Type: Flowers solitary Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 10 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, White, Pink Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: Mar, Apr Additional Info: Most with 9 tepals; 10 - 20 (-35) cm wide

Fruit Type: Follicle, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Aggregate fruit Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct

Bark Morphology: Smooth, Multi-stem trunk Bark or Stem Colour: Brown, Grey     Organ Modifications: Storage tap root

Propagation:	Eye (leaf bud) cuttings, Layering, Softwood cuttings
Pest Susceptibility:	Anthracnose, Bacterial leaf spot, Dieback, Scale insects,

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : needed (ONW sample was removed in 2005) Location Map

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