Read Conjurer's Nut? or Not from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Santalales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Nestronia umbellula
FAMILY
Santalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nestronia umbellula
FAMILY
Santalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 060-02-001:
Nestronia umbellula
FAMILY
Santalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nestronia umbellula
COMMON NAME:
Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush
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JK Marlow jkm120415_047
April Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Many populations consist of all male or all female plants, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm120415_050
April Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Small greenish flowers w 4-5 petal-like sepals. Male flowers are in umbels, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm120415_053
April Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Resembling an opposite-leaved lowbush blueberry, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120415_057
April Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Leaves opposite, broad-bladed, 3-6cm long, acute or acuminate, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmnestronia_flwrktsp
April
Female flowers are borne singly in the axils of leaves, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmnestronia_pc1
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmnestronia_pc3
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest