Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Laurales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lindera subcoriacea
FAMILY
Lauraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Lindera from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lindera subcoriacea
FAMILY
Lauraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lindera subcoriacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Lindera benzoin
COMMON NAME:
Bog Spicebush, Streamhead Spicebush
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Will Stuart wil_8441791251_4464a783ac
March Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
The overall range of this newly described species is still poorly known, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
flowers of Sassafras and Spicebush
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lindera subcoriacea
FAMILY
Lauraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lindera subcoriacea
FAMILY
Lauraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lindera subcoriacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Lindera benzoin
2543
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious or polygamo-dioecious
Habitat: Peaty seepage bogs in headwaters of blackwater streams, in the sandhills and immediately adjacent Piedmont, with other pocosin shrubs, streamhead pocosins, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
6 deciduous tepals
9 fertile stamens on staminate flowers
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p313
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p062
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p199
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p194
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p197
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