Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

1053
Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Hydrangeaceae
Philadelphus hirsutus

GREATER THAN
PLANTS National Database: Hydrangeaceae
Philadelphus hirsutus

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Saxifragaceae
094-04-002
Philadelphus hirsutus

Common Name:
Hairy Mock-orange, Cumberland Mock-orange

Shrub
Perennial
Deciduous

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (NC Watch List, SC Rare)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it on bluffs, rock outcrops, in rocky woodlands, often with seepage, over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora



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...Variable ...Dry

Leaves:
Simple
Opposite

Flower:
Spring
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
Usually 4-merous
4-lobed calyx
4 petals
Numerous stamens

Fruit:
Summer
Capsule

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p252
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p063
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p083
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p102
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p16




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Rutherford County NC

 

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