Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cephalanthus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Read more about Buttonbush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cephalanthus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-02-001:
Cephalanthus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Buttonbush
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JK Marlow jkm070328_012
March Greenville County SC
Fruit a globular head of seed superficially similar to small sycamore fruit, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
JK Marlow jkm160416_236
April Lowndes County GA
Rubiaceae is distinctive in that the stipules of opposite leaves are connate, per Plant Systematics.
JK Marlow jkm0506k_04b
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Leaves ovate to elliptic, tips cuspidate or acute, margins entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0506k_20
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
A large coarse wetland shrub, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
JK Marlow jkm130628_319
June Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
Numerous sessile flowers radiating in dense spherical heads, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm130628_319b
June Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
Small tubular flowers with protruding styles in dense pincushion-like heads, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
JK Marlow jkm190604_8895
June Greenville County SC
Leaves opposite or whorled 3-4 to the node & up to about 7" long x 4" wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
JK Marlow jkm0509g_13
September Cabarrus County NC
Suther Prairie
Fruit a dense head of nutlets, reddish-brown, persisting through the winter, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_occidentalis_button
Month Unknown DeKalb County AL
Little River Canyon
Admired in Europe, but largely unappreciated in the southeast US, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cephalanthus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cephalanthus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-02-001:
Cephalanthus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rubiaceae