Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Physocarpus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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)
Opulaster opulifolius
COMMON NAME:
Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark
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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.
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.
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.