Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Photinia serratifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Photinia serratifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Taiwanese Redtip
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JK Marlow jkm130420_559
April Pickens County SC
Flowers borne in a 4-7" wide, terminal, corymbose panicle, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm130420_561
April Pickens County SC
Leaves firm and leathery, undulating, finely serrate from base to apex, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm130420_563
April Pickens County SC
Leaves lustrous dark green above, flat medium green below, glabrous, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm130420_565
April Pickens County SC
Each flower 1/3" wide, with an odor quite offensive , per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Photinia serratifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Photinia serratifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
3715
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Non-native: east Asia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Uncommonly cultivated and rarely naturalizing
Look for it in suburban woodlands, 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:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Petiole about 1"
Margins serrate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
20 stamens
Ovary semi-inferior
Flowers in terminal compound corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red ripening to brownish-purple
Pome
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