OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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   Go to FSUS key


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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image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_opop2_001_lvd

        

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_opulifolius_5

April        

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm0305l_04

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm0305l_05

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm0305l_06

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm0305x_08

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

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).

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

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).

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm140625_364

June    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm0307c_03

July    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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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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

 

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