NameThatPlant.net: Litsea aestivalis

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

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

The fine, zigzag twigs are distinctive. It grows to 6 m tall, characteristically forming a rounded multi-stemmed bush, per Weakley's Flora (2022)

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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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

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Red
Drupe

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