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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ditrysinia fruticosa
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sebastian-bush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ditrysinia fruticosa
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Sebastiania fruticosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-09-001:
Sebastiania ligustrina
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sebastiana ligustrina
COMMON NAME:
Sebastian-bush
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_sefr_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ditrysinia fruticosa
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ditrysinia fruticosa
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Sebastiania fruticosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-09-001:
Sebastiania ligustrina
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sebastiana ligustrina
2618
Shrub
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in NC)
Look for it in swamp forests, other wet to moist, mostly shaded, habitats, per Weakley's Flora
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.
...Wet
...Moist
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Green
Unisexual
3 sepals
Petals absent
3 stamens in staminate flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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