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Horticulture
A hardy, coniferous, evergreen, trailing, prostrate shrub with blue-green leaves, to 30cm (12in) tall by 2m (6ft) wide. The small, spherical fruits, borne on the female plants, are green at first, and take two years to ripen to blue-black. Contact with the foliage may aggravate skin allergies.
Brickell, C. (2003). A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. Dorling Kindersley. p.590
Medicinal
POM Taxanes
Nomenclature
Previously grown as Juniperus rigida subsp. conferta.
Plants of the World online, Kew Science http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:879439-1
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Juniperus rigida var. conferta (Parl.) Patschke 'Blue Pacific'
Family: CUPRESSACEAEGenus: Juniperus
Species: rigida
Variety: conferta (Parl.) Patschke
Cultivar: 'Blue Pacific'
Distribution summary: Temperate Asia
Habit: Shrub
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Plants of the World (B)
Reason for growing: Medicinal, prescription only medicine