Mystery Monday - Name That Shrub!

The Shibaguyz have it right again! They got bonus points for naming the scientific, as well as all three common names for last week's tree. It was Davidia involucrata, and the common names are dove tree, ghost tree, and handkerchief tree.

Your clues for this week:

1. This can be either a shrub or a small tree.
2. A common name might make you think of romance novels
3. Another common name comes from the fact that some think the leaves smell like peanut butter if crushed.
4. Isn't the bright pink and blue just stunning? It certainly made me stop. They aren't the flowers, though - those are white, and appear in fall. The fruits are the bright blue berries, and the pink parts are called tepals (a flower part that happens in some plants where you can't tell the difference between petals and sepals)

Good luck! Who will be the next winner of Mystery Monday, Shrub edition?

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