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 Appearance:
Upright shrub or small tree, to 18' high.
Narrow branching, gray bark and branches; young twigs yellowish-green.
Leaves: Alternate,
compound, 2-4" long consisting of 8-12 pairs of leaflets; leaflets
elliptic. Flower:
Yellow, single, tubular, at the end of a stalk that grows from the
leaf axil; blooms May to June. Fruit:
Pods 1-2" long, sharply pointed, brown and smooth. |
The Siberian peashrub invades savanna and woodland
edge environments where it competes with native shrubs. It invades disturbed
grasslands as well. Native to Siberia and Manchuria, the Siberian peashrub is
still sold as an ornamental, wildlife and shelterbelt plant in the United States.
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