Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zanthoxylum americanum
FAMILY
Rutaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zanthoxylum americanum
FAMILY
Rutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 103-01-001:
Zanthoxylum americana FAMILY Rutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Xanthoxylum americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zanthoxylum americanum
COMMON NAME:
Northern Toothache Tree, Northern Prickly-ash
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JK Marlow jkm210407_9308
April Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Flowers in round clusters, ~ 1" across, in leaf axils of 1-year-old branches, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
David Campbell mdc_z_americanum_fruits
July Ontario, Canada
Fruits are bumpy pods (follicles) about 5-8mm long, reddish [when mature], per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
David Campbell mdc_z_americanum_leaves
July Ontario, Canada
Leaflets elliptical, finely and shallowly toothed, both surfaces pubescent, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
David Campbell mdc_z_americanum_thorns
July Ontario, Canada
Twigs reddish-brown or gray; broadbased prickles mostly paired at nodes, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zanthoxylum americanum
FAMILY
Rutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zanthoxylum americanum
FAMILY
Rutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 103-01-001:
Zanthoxylum americana
FAMILY
Rutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Xanthoxylum americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zanthoxylum americanum