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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ficus carica
FAMILY
Moraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Edible Fig at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ficus carica
FAMILY
Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 057-04-001:
Ficus carica
FAMILY
Moraceae
COMMON NAME:
Edible Fig, Garden Fig
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_ficus_carica_7532
June Catawba County NC
The fleshy receptacle is the fig of commerce, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_ficus_carica_7543
June Catawba County NC
Leaves palmately 3-5 lobed, rough above, coarsely pubescent beneath, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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JK Marlow jkm160727_014
July Haywood County NC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160727_015
August Haywood County NC
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ficus carica
FAMILY
Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ficus carica
FAMILY
Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 057-04-001:
Ficus carica
FAMILY
Moraceae
2592
Shrub
Perennial
Monoecious
Non-native: west Asia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it . Grown for its fruits, it's persistent from plantings - persisting and naturalizing particularly on barrier islands, where it sometimes forms thickets on dunes, or otherwise in the outer Coastal Plain, where proximity to the ocean ameliorates cold temperatures, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has translucent to milky-white latex (milky sap not always evident in winter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
2-6 sepals
1-2 stamens in staminate flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Multiple of nutlets
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p057
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p138