Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Bejaria racemosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bejaria racemosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Befaria racemosa
COMMON NAME:
Tarflower, Flycatcher
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Keith Bradley kab_b_racemosa_76960
May Martin County FL
Jonathan Dickinson State Park
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Keith Bradley kab_b_racemosa_77049
May Martin County FL
Jonathan Dickinson State Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbhabit_sebring98
June Polk County FL
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbhabit_sebring99
June Polk County FL
A slender sparsely branched 3-7' shrub w hairy twigs & stiff erect branches, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbracemosa_lfsebring
June
Leaves entire, leathery, tpically angled upward along the stem & twisted, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_bejaria_racemosa_38
July
Flowers sticky, fragrant, bright white (often tinged with pink), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_bejaria_racemosa_39
July
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Bejaria racemosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bejaria racemosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Befaria racemosa
2409
Shrub
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Common
Habitat: pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
often tinged with pink
Bisexual
7 petals
12-14 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p128
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p314
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p103
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p070