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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Catalpa speciosa
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Northern Catalpa at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Catalpa speciosa
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 167-03-002:
Catalpa speciosa
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Northern Catalpa, Indian Cigar Tree, Catawba Tree
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_casp8_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_casp8_013_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_speciosa_bc_11
January
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_speciosa_bc_11106_1
January
Bark ridged or deeply fissured; not as scaly as in C. bignonioides, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_speciosa_bc_11106_7
January
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JK Marlow jkm190509_8281
May Spartanburg County SC
Corolla 4-6cm wide, the lower lobe sparsely spotted with purple, notched, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm190509_8282
May Spartanburg County SC
Fresh foliage essentially odorless; leaves long-acuminate, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm190509_8284
May Spartanburg County SC
Leaves pubescent beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm190509_8286
May Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090808_052
August Floyd County GA
Berry College
Capsules 23-60cm long, 10-20mm diameter, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
COMPARE
fruit of Catalpa species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Catalpa speciosa
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Catalpa speciosa
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 167-03-002:
Catalpa speciosa
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
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Tree
Perennial
Native: west of Carolinas & Georgia, early naturalized in a more widespread area
Habitat: Bottomland forests, stream banks, and mesic upland forests (as a native), also old fields, roadsides, moist disturbed areas, suburban woodlands, eastwards of its native range escaped or persistent after cultivation, and sometimes thoroughly naturalized, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite or rarely whorled
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White,
lower lobe sparsely spotted with purple
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-merous
2-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla
2 fertile stamens
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p385
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America p174
- Landscaping with Native Trees p078
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p039
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p099
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p174
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p230
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p17
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p094