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2611
Shrub
Perennial
Non-native: China
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare, frequently persisting & rarely spreading from horticultural plantings
Look for it in suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Red/Pink/White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
FRUIT:
Fall
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chaenomeles speciosa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaenomeles speciosa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Common Flowering Quince
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