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

1686
Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Ericaceae
Zenobia pulverulenta

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Ericaceae
Zenobia pulverulenta

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Ericaceae
145-09-001
Zenobia pulverulenta

Common Name:
Zenobia, Honey-cups

Shrub
Perennial
Deciduous

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

Look for it in pocosins, margins of pineland pools, per Weakley's Flora



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Leaves:
Simple
Alternate

Flower:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
campanulate corolla
Superior ovary

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p309
Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p132
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p110
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p136
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p180
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p117




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Patrick D. McMillan      pdmzpulverulenta_oceanb2


Month Unknown
Horry County SC
Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve

 

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Patrick D. McMillan      pdmzpulverulenta_oceanb3


Month Unknown
Horry County SC
Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve

 

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