Italian Maple Acer opalus - Acer hispanicum, Acer italum, Acer leptopterum, Acer microphyllum, Acer rotundifolium, Acer tomentosum

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Botanical Name:

Acer opalus

Family:

Sapindaceae

Genus:

Acer

Species:

opalus

Common Name:

Italian Maple

Seeds Per Pound:
4,540
Quantity:
0.65 lb
Average Viable Seeds/Packet:
11
Germination:
77%
Germination Test Type:
cut
Purity:
97%
Collection Locale:
Italy
Crop Year:
2022
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
5
Harvest hemisphere:
Northern
In Stock: 0.65 lb
Prices
Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are:
1 packet (~ 11 seeds)
$4.95
10 gram (~ 100 seeds)
$10.45
1 oz (~ 284 seeds)
$12.95
4 oz (~ 1135 seeds)
$20.26
Characteristics
Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: cold stratify for 90 days.
Germination: sow seed 1/4" deep, tamp the soil, keep moist, mulch the seed bed.
Other: Sow seed outdoors in the fall for spring germination - stratify if sowing indoors.
[ edit ] Description Acer opalus is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. The leaves are glossy green, 7-13 cm long and 5-16 cm across, palmately lobed with blunt teeth. They turn yellow in autumn. The bark is grey and pink. It peels in square plates. It has small yellow flowers that open before the leaves appear. The fruit is a pair of winged samaras , each seed 1 cm diameter with a 1.5-2.5 cm wing. [ 2 ] [ edit ] Subspecies Acer opalus trees with shallowly lobed leaves are sometimes separated as a distinct subspecies Acer opalus subsp. obtusatum . The characteristics are not always constant, and the species is treated as monotypic by the Flora Europaea . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
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Acer opalus ( Italian Maple ) is a species of maple native to the hills and mountains of southern and western Europe , from Italy to Spain and north to southern Germany , and also in northwest Africa in Morocco and Algeria .