Catalogue no.:	V-1132672
Taxon:	Wikstroemia canescens Wall ex Meisn.
Label:	Wikstroemia canescens
Family:	Thymelaeaceae
Collector:	Francis Kingdon-Ward
Collector no.:	10701
Date:	1933 08 05
Country:	China
Province:	Tibet
Locality:	Tibet: Salween Gorge, Chamdo District
Habitat:	Amongst rocks on the arid slopes, limestone
Attributes:	Flowers orange, mostly over. No scent. Rootstock woody, sending up a bunch of shoots. Leaves rather glabrous