Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ceanothus herbaceus
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ceanothus herbaceus
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
COMMON NAME:
Prairie Redroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ceov_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ceanothus herbaceus
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ceanothus herbaceus
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
2621
Shrub
Perennial
Native: primarily midwestern US, disjunct eastward
Documented growing wild in - - -
Rare
Look for it in flood-scoured rocky riverbanks, 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.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-merous
FRUIT:
Drupe
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