Montpellier Maple
Acer monspessulanum
Sapindaceae
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Europe, Western Asia, North Africa
Location
Newman Meadow, Palmer-Kinne Dogwood Collection
Source of plant
Morton Arboretum, US National Arboretum, Cornell Botanic Gardens, Peter Podaras
Description
A large, dense shrub or small, densely branched tree, semi-evergreen to deciduous, 6-12 m tall with a rounded crown and glabrous, reddish-brown to gray branches. Leaves extremely variable, coriaceous, 3-lobed, obtuse, 3-5 cm across, dark green and shining above, glaucous beneath, turning yellow in fall. Flowers yellow-green, held in pendulous corymbs in April and May.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5