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Weakley's
Flora (
4/7/08
):
Ericaceae
Epigaea repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database:
Ericaceae
Epigaea repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas (1968):
Ericaceae
145-15-001
Epigaea repens
Common Name:
Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower
Shrub
Subshrub
Perennial
Evergreen
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing
wild in
GA
NC
SC
Look for it in a wide variety of acidic forests, xeric to mesic, sandy, rocky, & loamy, per Weakley's Flora
To see a detailed
map, click
here.
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...Moist
...Dry
Leaves:
Simple
Alternate
Flower:
Spring
Pink/White
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Fruit:
Spring/Summer
Berry
To learn more about
this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p162
Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p012
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p113
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p198
Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p035
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p139
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p184
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p119
Wildflowers of Tennessee p097
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JK Marlow
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March
Pickens County
SC
SC Botanical Garden
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JK Marlow
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March
Oconee County
SC
Oconee State Park
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JK Marlow
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March
Greenville County
SC
Paris Mountain State Park
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JK Marlow
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Patrick D. McMillan
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April
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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