OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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


INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ceanothus americanus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 119-02-001:

Ceanothus americanus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Ceanothus


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ceam_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_ceam_004_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm0405w_37

May    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Flower clusters are terminal or arise from leaf axils on stalks 2-10" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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Steve Marlow    snm160531_104

May    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

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Steve Marlow    snm160531_104b

May    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Flowers have 5 hooded petals, each with a 1mm blade & a narrow 1mm long claw, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm160605_913

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Low rounded shrub, to ~ 3' tall, that often has the aspect of a bushy herb, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

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JK Marlow    jkm190604_8982

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm210626_1714

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_americanus_6

June        

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JK Marlow    s080611_a

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

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JK Marlow    jkm100702_090

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm100702_100

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Fruits are fleshy three-lobed capsules, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm100702_101

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves are 3-nerved from the base, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_americanus_1

August        

Flower clusters cylindric to egg-shaped, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_083021hayesville18

August    Clay County    NC

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Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_083021hayesville19

August    Clay County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm0410n_32b

October    Oconee County    SC

Roadside

Seeds have been dispersed; the little "cups" left behind are the hypanthia.

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JK Marlow    jkm101120_255

November    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ceanothus americanus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 119-02-001:
Ceanothus americanus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

 

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Shrub
Perennial

Look for it in dry woodlands, woodland borders (& other places, depending on variety), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Grayish-white
5-merous
5 petals
5 exserted stamens

FRUIT:
Summer
Drupe

 

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