Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Aquifoliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Downy Winterberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-007:
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Downy Winterberry, Black-alder
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ilve_001_lvd
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_ilve_004_lvd
)
JK Marlow jkm210507_0130
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm210603_0974
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Staminate flowers 3-25, in short pedunculate cymes in the leaf axils, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
)
JK Marlow jkm210603_0987
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm0507g_10
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Leaf base usually tapered, tip pointed, venation conspicuous, texture firm, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
)
JK Marlow jkm091017_126
October Sumter County SC
Manchester State Forest
)
JK Marlow jkm091017_127
October Sumter County SC
Manchester State Forest
)
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ilex_verticillata_2
October
Dense clusters of bright red berries on short stalks, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
)
Sam Pratt sbp_2118
October Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
A multi-stemmed shrub, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
)
Sam Pratt sbp_2119
October Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-007:
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
742
Shrub
Perennial
Usually dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Look for it in bogs, pocosins, swampy 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.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Greenish-white
Usually unisexual
5-7 merous
5-7 sepals
5-7 petals
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p068
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p249
- Landscaping with Native Trees p127
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p098
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p088
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p081
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p396
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p306
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p34
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p289
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p174
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p173