2589

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious or polygamo-dioecious

Native to Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Rare

Look for it in swamps and cabbage palm/ sawgrass marshes, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
4 tepals in pistillate flowers
Flowers in ascending catkins

FRUIT:
Olive-brown
Drupe

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p055
• Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p231
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p188

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Leitneria floridana   FAMILY Simaroubaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leitneria floridana   FAMILY Leitneriaceae