NameThatPlant.net: Ceanothus herbaceus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ceanothus herbaceus FAMILY Rhamnaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ceanothus herbaceus FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Ceanothus herbaceus

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ceanothus ovatus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ceanothus pubescens

COMMON NAME:
Prairie Redroot, Prairie Ceanothus

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image of Ceanothus herbaceus, Prairie Redroot, Prairie Ceanothus

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ceov_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ceanothus herbaceus FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ceanothus herbaceus FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ceanothus herbaceus

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ceanothus ovatus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ceanothus pubescens

2621

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Prairies, glades, upland woodlands, eastwards in flood-scoured rocky and/or sandy riverbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native: primarily midwestern US, disjunct eastward

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
5-merous

FRUIT:
Drupe

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