NameThatPlant.net: Populus ×jackii

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Populus ×jackii FAMILY Salicaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Balm-of-Gilead at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus ×jackii [balsamifera × deltoides] FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Populus ×jackii

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-02-004:

Populus candicans FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Populus candicans

COMMON NAME:
Balm-of-Gilead

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image of Populus ×jackii, Balm-of-Gilead

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_poca33_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Populus ×jackii FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus ×jackii [balsamifera × deltoides] FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Populus ×jackii

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-02-004:
Populus candicans FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Populus candicans

1139

Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Bottomlands, riverbanks, streambanks, spread from cultivation, per Weakley's Flora

Cultivar of uncertain origin

Uncommon in NC, rare in SC

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Sepals absent
Petals absent
10 or more stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers in catkins, inflorescence pendulous

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

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