...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Dipsacales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Diervilla sessilifolia
FAMILY
Diervillaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diervilla sessilifolia
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 174-01-002a:
Diervilla sessilifolia var. sessilifolia
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Southern Bush-honeysuckle
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JK Marlow jkm0407q_09
July Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0407q_11
July Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves have no leafstalk and are attached directly to the branches, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm060723_197
July Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves, at least the upper ones, are sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdsessilifolia_1072
July?
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Bill Sharpton gws467_a
August NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Small, mildly fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers at branch tips & in leaf axils, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm180821_4003
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm180821_4004
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Sepals narrow, 2-3mm long, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_sessilifolia_smooth
August
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JK Marlow jkm080928_036
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Fruit a slender, beaked, woody capsule persisting into winter, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.