Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Read more about Jetbead at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Distinguished by its opposite leaves and black, beadlike fruits, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhodotypos scandens   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Rhodotypos scandens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Rhodotypos scandens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Rhodotypos scandens

COMMON NAME:
Jetbead

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Tracey Slotta, USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org    bug_5308073

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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5447342

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Four-petaled, single white flowers, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5447366

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Leaves generally oval with a long pointed tip, toothed edges, ribbed veins, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5447368

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Red berries turn black, hanging usually in fours, lasting well into winter, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhodotypos scandens   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhodotypos scandens   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rhodotypos scandens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rhodotypos scandens