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Read more about Buckthorn Bumelia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sideroxylon lycioides
FAMILY
Sapotaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sideroxylon lycioides
FAMILY
Sapotaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 149-01-001:
Bumelia lycioides
FAMILY
Sapotaceae
COMMON NAME:
Buckthorn Bumelia, Buckthorn Bully
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_buly_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_sily_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm180218_0294
February McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm180218_0295
February McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
May be armed with spines at the nodes, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_lycioides_2
March
Bark scaling, grayish strips or plates revealing red-brown underneath, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm110416_868
April Etowah County AL
Leaves elliptic or weakly oblanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Ron Lance rwl2167_a
June
Inflorescence of 8-40 clustered flowers from short axillary spur shoots, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_lycioides_4
August
Fruit an ellipsoid drupe-like berry 6-10mm long, subtended by persistent calyx, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm181030_5424
October McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm181030_5426
October McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Upper surfaces of mature leaf blades notably finely reticulate-veined (at 20x), per Weakley's Flora.
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David Campbell mdc_s_lycioides_fruit
October Cabarrus County NC
Look for fruit to be mature in September-October, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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David Campbell mdc_sideroxylon_lycioides
October Cabarrus County NC