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

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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

 

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

• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p061
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p322

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

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)
Schizandra coccinea