Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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2926

Shrub; Forb
Perennial

Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in - - -

Rare

Look for it in acid pine-oak forests & woodlands at moderate elevations, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-yellow/White
Usually bisexual
4-5 sepals
4-5 petals
4-5 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White/Gray
Drupe

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
 Toxicodendron rydbergii   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Toxicodendron rydbergii   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Toxicodendron radicans var. rydbergii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
 Rhus radicans var. rydbergii

 

COMMON NAME:
 Wesern Poison Ivy