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
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Read more about New Jersey Tea at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p154
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p320
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p239
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p072
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p147
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p059
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p091
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p310
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p147
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p149
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p309
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p160
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p197
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p33
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p094
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p125