NameThatPlant.net: Ligustrum obtusifolium var. suave

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ligustrum obtusifolium var. suave FAMILY Oleaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Read more about Amur Privet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligustrum amurense FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ligustrum obtusifolium var. suave

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-05-001:

Ligustrum amurense FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Ligustrum amurense

COMMON NAME:
Amur Privet

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image of Ligustrum obtusifolium var. suave, Amur Privet

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ligustrum obtusifolium var. suave FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligustrum amurense FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ligustrum obtusifolium var. suave

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-05-001:
Ligustrum amurense FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ligustrum amurense

2498

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Japan

Waif(s)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
White/Cream
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
Synsepalous calyx, lobes obsolete
4-lobed salverform corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary

Inflorescence a many-flowered terminal panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Drupe

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