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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Circaea canadensis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Canada Enchanter's Nightshade at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-05-001:
Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Circaea quadrisulcata var. canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Circaea latifolia
COMMON NAME:
Canada Enchanter's Nightshade
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JK Marlow jkm200422_4055
April Greenville County SC
Leaves long-stalked, ovate, shallowly and irregularly toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0507o_09
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Flowers usually well-spaced on terminal racemes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm160702_139b
July Jackson County NC
Two deeply notched petals, one of only a few plants with 2-petaled flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm160726_036
July Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0394
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0396
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0396b
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Fruit uncinate-bristly [the bristles have hooks at their tips], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0397
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm210824_3004
August Greenville County SC
Leaves irregularly toothed, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
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JK Marlow jkm210824_3005
August Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Circaea canadensis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-05-001:
Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Circaea quadrisulcata var. canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Circaea latifolia
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in NC & in GA Mountains (uncommon to rare southward)
Look for it in mesic, nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have long petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer
White
2-merous
2 sepals
2 petals
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Nut-like
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p136
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p094
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p148?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p184
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p110