OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Laurales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Litsea aestivalis   FAMILY Lauraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Litsea aestivalis   FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Litsea aestivalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Litsea aestivalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 084-03-001:

Litsea aestivalis   FAMILY Lauraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Pondspice


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image of Litsea aestivalis, Pondspice

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_glge_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Litsea aestivalis   FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Litsea aestivalis   FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Litsea aestivalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Litsea aestivalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 084-03-001:
Litsea aestivalis   FAMILY Lauraceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2596

Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Margins of limesink ponds and Carolina bays, less commonly in wet depressions and wet stringers dominated by shrubs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
6 deciduous tepals
9 (or 12) stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Red
Drupe

 

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