4322

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Non-native: Eurasia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in disturbed areas. It has been cultivated at least as far north as NC, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist ...Dry

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender nodal spines

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins finely toothed

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White to yellowish-green
Bisexual
5 petals

FRUIT:
Fall
Red
Drupe

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p388

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Ziziphus jujuba   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ziziphus zizyphus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Zizyphus zizyphus