NameThatPlant.net: Schisandra glabra

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Basal Angiosperms (flowering plants): Austrobaileyales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Schisandra glabra FAMILY Schisandraceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Schisandra from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schisandra glabra FAMILY Schisandraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Schisandra coccinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 082-01-001:
Schisandra glabra FAMILY Schisandraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Schizandra coccinea

COMMON NAME:
Bay Star-vine, Climbing-magnolia, Magnolia-vine

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image of Schisandra glabra, Bay Star-vine, Climbing-magnolia, Magnolia-vine

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April Fulton County GA

Leaves 6-15cm long, base cuneate, apex acuminate; lateral veins forking, per Weakley's Flora (2018).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Schisandra glabra FAMILY Schisandraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schisandra glabra FAMILY Schisandraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Schisandra coccinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 082-01-001:
Schisandra glabra FAMILY Schisandraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Schizandra coccinea

2595

Twining woody vine
Perennial
Monoecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it on rich slopes adjacent to bottomland forests, mesic "islands" surrounded by bottomlands, moist hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

map
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.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1-7cm long

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Inner tepals rose to red (outer tepals greenish-white)
Unisexual
9-12 tepals in two series
5 stamens in staminate flowers

Flowers in leaf axils, solitary

FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Aggregate of berries

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