Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Bladdernut at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Crossosomatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Staphylea trifolia
FAMILY
Staphyleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Staphylea trifolia
FAMILY
Staphyleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 114-01-001:
Staphylea trifolia
FAMILY
Staphyleaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bladdernut
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Look for it in nutrient-rich bottomland forests, extending upslope over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Uncommon thru most of our range (common in NC-SC Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
...Moist
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-white
Bisexual
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5 petals, corolla campanulate
5 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p261
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p224
- Landscaping with Native Trees p256
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p089
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p318
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p318
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p052
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p05
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p340
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