Tilia platyphyllos, Scop.

3. T. platyphyllos Scop. , FI. Carn. ed. 2, 1: 373 (1772)

( T. officinarum Crantz pro parte).

Up to 40 m; branches spreading. Leaves 6-9(-12) cm, soft, broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate, symmetrically or obliquely cordate at the base, regularly serrate with acute but not aristate teeth, pubescent or almost glabrous. Cymes pendent; flowers 2-5, usually 3. Fruit 8-10 mm, subglobose to pyriform; pericarp woody, tomentose, strongly 5-ribbed. C. & S. Europe, extending eastwards to W. Ukraine and locally northwards to N. France and S. W. Sweden. Often planted in parks and gardens. Al Au Be Bu Co Cz Da Ga G r He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (W)?Si Su?Tu [*Br]. Very variable, particularly in the amount of pubescence on leaves and young shoots. Three fairly distinct subspecies may be recognized. 1 Leaves pubescent on both surfaces; young twigs pubescent

(b) subsp. cordifolia

1 Leaves glabrous, at least above 2 Leaves distinctly pubescent on midrib beneath, sometimes also on secondary veins; young twigs glabrous or pubescent

(a) subsp. platyphyllos

2 Leaves glabrous beneath, or very slightly pubescent on midrib; young twigs glabrous (c) subsp. pseudorubra

(a) Subsp. platyphyllos ( T. officinarum subsp. platyphyllos (Scop.) Hayek ): Mainly in the C. & S. parts o f the range of the species.