829

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Non-native: Japan & Korea

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora

To see a detailed map, click here

INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Alabama Invasive Plant Council, 2012
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Northeast
• Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
• NC Department of Transportation
• SC Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2014
• SC Native Plant Society
• Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
• US Fish & Wildlife Service
• US Forest Service Southern Research Station

 

 

LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite, rarely alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Cream
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
Synsepalous calyx, lobes obsolete
4-lobed salverform corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a many-flowered terminal panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Drupe

 

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

• Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control p086
• A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests p038
• Invasive Exotic Plants of North Carolina p070
• New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral US p069
• Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests p22
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p120
• Trees of the Southeastern United States p096

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ligustrum japonicum   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligustrum japonicum   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 153-05-002:
Ligustrum japonicum   FAMILY Oleaceae