Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chamaedaphne calyculata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Leatherleaf at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaedaphne calyculata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-14-001:
Cassandra calyculata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
COMMON NAME:
Leatherleaf, Cassandra
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chca2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_chca2_003_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_8602145639_92854995e8
March Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Leaves evergreen, both surfaces tawny and scurfy, the lower more so, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Will Stuart wil_8602448140_ff456720c9
March Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Flowers on an arching stem, solitary in the axils of previous year's leaves, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Will Stuart wil8602145639_92854995e8b
March Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Corolla lobes much shorter than tube; stigma slightly expanded, truncate, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chamaedaphne calyculata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaedaphne calyculata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-14-001:
Cassandra calyculata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Habitat: pocosins in the Coastal Plain, bogs in the Mountains, Chamaecyparis bogs, wet pine flatwood ecotones, other saturated, acid, peaty or peaty/sandy situations, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Bisexual or functionally unisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
10 included stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p305
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p112
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p114