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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sideroxylon alachuense
FAMILY
Sapotaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sideroxylon alachuense
FAMILY
Sapotaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sideroxylon alachuense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Sideroxylon alachuense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sideroxylon alachuense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)
Bumelia anomala
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Bumelia lanuginosa var. anomala
COMMON NAME:
Alachua Bully, Silver Bully, Silver Buckthorn
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sideroxylon alachuense
FAMILY
Sapotaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sideroxylon alachuense
FAMILY
Sapotaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sideroxylon alachuense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Sideroxylon alachuense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sideroxylon alachuense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)
Bumelia anomala
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Bumelia lanuginosa var. anomala
4593
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Sandy hammocks, shell middens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
May be armed with spinose twig tips, spinose spur shoots, and/or nodal spines
LEAVES:
Deciduous to tardily deciduous
Simple
Alternate or clustered on spur shoots
FLOWER:
Summer
White
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens & 5 staminodia, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Shiny black
Drupe-like berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p361
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p328
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