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Read about Cartrema and Osmanthus from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmanthus fragrans
FAMILY
Oleaceae
COMMON NAME:
Fragrant Tea Olive
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Paul Thompson pstosmanthus_fragrans
September?
Twigs are swollen at the nodes. — Clemson Extension
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Fran Durovchic Villa fdv_image0
October Greenville County SC
in cultivation
In coastal areas it reaches 20-30' high, reduced in size further inland, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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Fran Durovchic Villa fdv_image2
October Greenville County SC
in cultivation
The small white flowers are quite fragrant, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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Fran Durovchic Villa fdv_image3
October Greenville County SC
in cultivation
Lvs oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, 2-4(5)" long, finely dentate or entire, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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JK Marlow jkm101120_292
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm101120_292b
November Greenville County SC
Many-flowered cymes fascicled in leaf axils. Pedicel 4-10mm. Calyx ~ 1mm, per Flora of China.
3018
Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious or andro-dioecious
Non-native
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
Margins finely dentate or entire
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Creamy-white
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4-lobed campanulate calyx
4-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual, usually becoming unisexual
Inflorescence a few-flowered axillary panicle
FRUIT:
Purple-black
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".