2596

Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain

Look for it on margins of limesink ponds and Carolina bays, less commonly in wet depressions dominated by shrubs, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
6 deciduous tepals
9 (or 12) stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Red
Drupe

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p321
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p062
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p195

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Laurales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Litsea aestivalis   FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Litsea aestivalis   FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Litsea aestivalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 084-03-001:
Litsea aestivalis   FAMILY Lauraceae