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Living Accession 6-398

Taxon

Retama raetam

Botanical Name

Retama raetam (Forsskal) Webb & Berthelot

Seed Accession No.

920084

DELEP Field

CAC Field 6

Status

Unknown

Survived For

Planted 32 years ago

Survival and Performance

DateNo. PlantsNotes
1993(3)3 individuals planted in Apr
1994(3)1=died summer 1993-cause undetermined, 2=1' tall, no freeze damage, healthy
1995(2)2.5'/2.5’ tall, no freeze damage, healthy
1997(2)2'/4' tall, no freeze damage, healthy
2001(2)3'/6.5' tall, no freeze damage, healthy, flowers/fruit from 1998
2004(2)3'/7' tall, no freeze damage, 1=healthy, 1=fair condition-drought stress?, flowers/fruit
2006(2)3.5’/6.5’ tall, no freeze damage, fair condition-considerable die-back due to insufficient irrigation, few flowers/fruit
2007(2)3’/6.5’ tall, outer stems dead-regrowing from inner stems, fair condition, no flowers
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