| Quercus x fontqueri | |
| Author | O.Schwarz 1936 Cavanillesia 8: 85 |
| Synonyms | pyrenaica x canariensis |
| Local names | |
| Range | Spain (Catalonia); South-West Portugal; |
| Growth habit | tree or shrub; |
| Leaves | 7-13 x 4-8 cm, subpersistent, leathery; base cordate asymmetrical; sinuate-lobate with lobes simple or lobulate, with deep and narrow sinuses; at first stellate pubescent above, becoming glabrous with some hairs persistent along midrib; long whitish tomentose below at first, becoming nearly hairless and glaucous, waxy, with some hairs along veins; 7-9 vein pairs with sinusal ones; tertiary veins slender; petiole slender 1-2 cm, sulcate, hairy obove; |
| Flowers | male catkins with hairy axis, large oval bracts; flowering in April-May; |
| Fruits | nut 2-3 cm long, elongate, with apex puberulent slightly depressed; sessil or on a short, pubescent peduncle; cup with appressed, triangular, pointed, tomentose scales; |
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Bark, twigs and |
twig sulcate, pinkish brown, tomentose at first, becoming glabrous, with numerous lenticels; bud 4-9 mm, persistent bracts, with pubescent, ciliate scales; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | |
| Miscellaneous | rare; |
| Subspecies and varieties |
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var. asplenifolia: leaves dark green above, with lobes divided
into 2-3 lobules and very deep sinuses . -- hybridizes with Q.petraea subsp huguetiana, and with Q. x cerrioides (= Q. x paui C.Vicioso) ; |
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