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Read more about Appalachian Mock-orange at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Philadelphus inodorus
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Philadelphus inodorus
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-04-001:
Philadelphus inodorus
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Philadelphus inodorus var. grandiflorus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Philadelphus grandiflorus
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Mock-orange, Scentless Mock-orange
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JK Marlow jkm060424_001
April Greenville County SC
Flowers with 4-5 white petals, stems & calyx usually glabrous, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
JK Marlow jkm0205ca_04a
May Greenville County SC
Flowers 1-3 (-9) in a cymule, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
JK Marlow s040501_b
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Leaf is long-tapering to a pointed apex with sharp teeth pointing forward, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm080705_009
July Swain County NC
Roadside
Capsules subglobose, 6-8mm long and broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.