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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ceanothus herbaceus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ceanothus herbaceus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Ceanothus herbaceus

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ceanothus ovatus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ceanothus pubescens

 

COMMON NAME:
 Prairie Redroot, Prairie Ceanothus

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image of Ceanothus herbaceus, Prairie Redroot, Prairie Ceanothus

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ceov_001_lvd

        

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ceanothus herbaceus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ceanothus herbaceus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Ceanothus herbaceus

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Ceanothus ovatus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Ceanothus pubescens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2621

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Prairies, glades, upland woodlands, eastwards in flood-scoured rocky and/or sandy riverbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native: primarily midwestern US, disjunct eastward

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
5-merous

FRUIT:
Drupe

 

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