NameThatPlant.net: Ligustrum sinense

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ligustrum sinense FAMILY Oleaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligustrum sinense FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-05-004:

Ligustrum sinense FAMILY Oleaceae

COMMON NAME:
Chinese Privet, "privy hedge"

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ligustrum sinense FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligustrum sinense FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-05-004:
Ligustrum sinense FAMILY Oleaceae

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, especially alluvial bottomlands, and also in a wide range of other forests, woodlands, glade edges, etc, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China

Common

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite, or rarely alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Cream
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
Synsepalous calyx, lobes minute
4-lobed campanulate corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence a many-flowered terminal panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Drupe

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