B147 



OCEANSPRAY 



Sericothe'ca dis'color, syns. Holodis'cus dis'color, Schizono'tus dis'color 



Flowers small (about X in. long), 

 white or creamy-white, numerous, in 

 large, showy, terminal clusters (pani- 

 cles) up to 12 in. long 



Stamens about 20, on a ringliko disk 

 Petals 5, elliptic, about % in. long 



"Seeds" (achenes) small, usually 5, 

 enclosed by erect sepals, densely hairy 

 with long, silky, white hairs 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5, 3- 

 nerved, pointed, densely short-hairy 



Leaves alternate, somewhat egg- 

 shaped, 1 to 4 in. long, roughly double- 

 toothed along sides and at tips, usually 

 rounded or broadly wedge-shaped at 

 base, not extending very far down 

 alone leafstalks, grayish or white- 

 woolly beneath, slightly hairy above 



Stems erect, branching alternately; 

 older bark grayish brown; young twigs 

 fine-hairy 



Oceanspray, also known as creambush, is an attractive shrub of the 

 rose family (Rosaceae). It varies from a bushy plant 2^ feet high 

 to practically a tree form, sometimes 20 feet high. These more lux- 

 uriant forms grow mostly near the coast west of the Cascade Moun- 

 tains and are listed by some authors as S. cvriaefolia, or S. discolor 

 ariaefolia. This form apparently is only a robust stage of S. discolor 



