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Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Non-native: east Asia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC

Rare

Look for it on roadsides & in suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

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...Variable

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Red
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-lobed corolla
4 stamens, attached to corolla tube

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p122

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clerodendrum bungei   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clerodendrum bungei   FAMILY Verbenaceae