Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Physocarpus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Physocarpus opulifolius
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-16-001:
Physocarpus opulifolius FAMILY Rosaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Opulaster australis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Opulaster opulifolius
COMMON NAME:
Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_opop2_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_opulifolius_5
April
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JK Marlow jkm0305l_04
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0305l_06
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0305x_08
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0305x_10
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Terminal, often dense, rounded clusters of flowers, the petals round, 5-7mm, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0506b_36
June Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Leaves palmately 3-lobed (some leaves unlobed), margins round-toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm140625_364
June Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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JK Marlow jkm0307c_03
July Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm140710_701
July Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Bark brownish, very shreddy or exfoliating, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Physocarpus opulifolius
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-16-001:
Physocarpus opulifolius
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Opulaster australis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Opulaster opulifolius
1076
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Stream banks, riverside thickets and scour prairies, rock outcrops, cliffs, fens, seepage swamps, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
25-30 stamens, in 2 whorls
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p368
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p253
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p109
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p071
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p308
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p239
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p115
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p150
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p26
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p234