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

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Santalaceae
Pyrularia pubera

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Santalaceae
Pyrularia pubera

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Santalaceae
060-04-001
Pyrularia pubera

Common Name:
Buffalo-nut, Oil-nut

Shrub
Perennial
Deciduous
Dioecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in moist forests, per Weakley's Flora



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...Moist

Leaves:
Simple
Alternate

Flower:
Spring
5-lobed calyx
Petals absent

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Drupe

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p144
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p058
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p31




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JK Marlow      jkm0305c_22


May
Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0305d_23a


May
Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0305d_24a


May
Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0405j_09


May
Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Leaves widest above the middle, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0405j_18


May
Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Inflorescence a spike, flowers greenish, unisexual, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.

 

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JK Marlow      jkm060508_141


May
Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

Calyx 5-lobed; petals absent; style short & thick, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.

 

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JK Marlow      s040503_e


May
Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Leaves alternate, elliptic, apple green, thin, pubescent beneath, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.

 

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JK Marlow      jkm080629_050


June
Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve

Fruit a pear-shaped fleshy drupe, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.

 

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JK Marlow      jkm080629_053


June
Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve

 

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JK Marlow      jkm080629_054


June
Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0309b_33


September
Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0310b_09


October
Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0310b_12


October
Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve

The fruit is poisonous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

 

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