NameThatPlant.net: Diervilla rivularis

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Dipsacales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Diervilla rivularis FAMILY Diervillaceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Mountain Bush-honeysuckle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diervilla rivularis FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-01-002b:
Diervilla sessilifolia var. rivularis FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Southern Bush-honeysuckle, Mountain Bush-honeysuckle

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Diervilla rivularis FAMILY Diervillaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diervilla rivularis FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-01-002b:
Diervilla sessilifolia var. rivularis FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

3645

Shrub
Perennial

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC -

Rare

Look for it on rock outcrops, ridges, and streambanks at moderate to high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

map
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,

or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Yello
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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