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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Aruncus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-14-001:
Aruncus dioicus FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aruncus allegheniensis
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Goatsbeard, Bride's Feathers
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Steve Marlow snm079801_30
January Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Fruits are dry capsules consisting of 3 seed chambers per flower, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0205k_01
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0205k_02
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0305p_27
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120506_446
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Female plants have clusters of tiny 5-petaled flowers, each with 3 carpels, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120506_501
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm140519_898
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_903
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_dioicus_sf_53005_4
May
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Keith Bradley kab_aruncus_dioicus_0369
June Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Ron Lance rwl_aruncus_dioicus
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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Ron Lance rwl_aruncus_dioicus_b
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Pollinators at work.
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JK Marlow s030608_ab
June Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Leaflets resemble elm leaves; terminal leaflet is unlobed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
compound leaves of woodland herbs, with toothed margins
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JK Marlow jkm090709_167
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm090709_173
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Leaflets have double-toothed eges, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090709_210
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm090709_213
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm090709_221
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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Tim Spira tps_adioicus
July
Inflorescence a large panicle of racemes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
Cohosh, Doll's-eyes, and Goatsbeard
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JK Marlow jkm0308s_32
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-14-001:
Aruncus dioicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aruncus allegheniensis
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Forb
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich forests and woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Ternately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Greenish
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
15-20 stamens on staminate flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p139
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p104
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p072
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p134
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p181
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p218
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p216
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p025
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p114
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p311
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p116
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p147
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p336
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p073