Editing Tilia platyphyllos (section)

==Description==
''Tilia platyphyllos'' is a narrowly domed tree with a moderate growth rate, and can eventually attain a height of {{convert|40|m|ft}}. The reddish-brown young [[Plant stem|stems]] later develop dark grey [[Bark (botany)|bark]] with fine fissures and furrows. The branches spread upwards at wide angles. The [[twig]]s are reddish-green and slightly pubescent.<ref>Martin, W.K. 1965. ''The Concise British Flora in Colour.'' Ebury Press</ref> The [[foliage]] consists of simple, alternately arranged [[Leaf|leaves]]. As indicated by its common name, this tree has larger leaves than the related ''[[Tilia cordata]]'' (small-leaved lime), 6 to 9&nbsp;cm (exceptionally 15&nbsp;cm). They are ovate to cordate, mid to dark green above and below, with white downy hair on the underside, particularly along the veins, tapering into a mucronate tip. The margin is sharply serrate, and the base cordate; the venation is pinnate along a midrib. The pubescent [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]] is usually 3–4&nbsp;cm long, but can vary between 1.5–5&nbsp;cm. The autumn foliage is yellow-green to yellow.

The small, fragrant, yellowish-white [[flower]]s are arranged in drooping, [[cyme (botany)|cymose]] clusters in groups of 3 to 4. Their whitish-green, leaf-like [[bract]]s have an oblong-obovate shape. The geniculate peduncles are between 1.5–3&nbsp;cm long. The [[plant sexuality|hermaphroditic]] flowers have 5 [[sepal]]s and 5 [[tepal]]s, numerous [[stamen]]s, but no staminodes. The superior [[ovary (plants)|ovary]] is 2–10 locular with one smooth [[carpel|style]]. The flowers are pollinated by bees and some butterflies, notably the [[Satyrium w-album|White-letter Hairstreak]]. The [[fruit]] is a fat, round, tomentose, cream-colored nutlet with a diameter of 1&nbsp;cm or less. It has a woody shell with 3–5 ridges.

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Image:Tilia platyphyllos(02).jpg|Leaves
File:Tilia platyphyllos 02.JPG|Flowers
File:WLH on T. platyphyllos.jpg|[[White-letter hairstreak]] nectaring on ''T. platyphyllos'' flower
Image:Tilia platyphyllos (Florée) JPG1R.jpg|Roots
File:Tilia platyphallos bud.jpg|Vegetative bud starting to open
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