Species of flowering plant
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Forsythia europaea, commonly known as Albanian forsythia or European forsythia, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family, with a native range from Montenegro to northern Albania. It is the only species of "Forsythia" native to Europe; prior to its discovery in Albania in 1897, it was thought that all "Forsythia" were native to East Asia. 
Description.
"F. europaea" is a shrub, and can grow up to tall. Its leaves are in length, and are generally entire (smooth edged). It produces numerous yellow flowers, which are in diameter.
The shrub produces prolonged elliptical fruit capsules that grow to 5.4−6.0 mm by 1.8−2.2 mm. The fruit capsules have a fine granulate, slightly lustrous, glabrous, gold-yellow to brown appearance. 
Phylogeny.
The closest relative of "F. europaea" is "F. giraldiana", a species of "Forsythia" native to China.
Cultivation.
"F. europaea" was first cultivated in 1899, at Kew Gardens in London, United Kingdom. It is not as widely cultivated as other species of "Forsythia" as it is not as ornamental, although it is still occasionally grown in parks and gardens.
Cultivars produced by hybridisation of "F. europaea" with "F. ovata", a more ornamental species of "Forsythia" native to Korea, include:
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