Quercus × trabutii Hy

S.W. France; North Spain;

tall tree;

8-15 x 6-9 cm, deciduous, deeply cut; 5-7 vein pairs; hairless above or with some stellate hairs; below with grey, short, dense tomentum of stellate and fasciate hairs; base often asymmétrical; lobes ovate or oblong, entire or more often lobulate; intercalary veins present; petiole pubescent, often hairless at fall, 1-2 cm long;

male catkins with hairy axis;

fruit sessile or on short peduncle 0.4-1 cm; scales cup long, obtuse, pubescent, flat; acorn 1.2-2 cm, navelworted or rounded at apex, stylopodium pubescent, stigmas divergent at their base;

– Q.x legionensis is more exactly a hybrid between Q.pyrenaica and Q.petraea subsp . huguetiana , with smaller leaves remaining often pubescent above; 5-8 vein pairs; cup with convex lower scales;