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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Diervilla sessilifolia
FAMILY
Diervillaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Smooth Southern Bush-honeysuckle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diervilla sessilifolia
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 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
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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
Leaves have no leafstalk and are attached directly to the branches, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
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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 jkm211022_4453
October Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm211022_4455
October 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.
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JK Marlow jkm211022_4462
October Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-01-002a:
Diervilla sessilifolia var. sessilifolia
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
467
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it on rock outcrops, ridges, landslide scars, trail margins, other rocky open places, streambanks, at moderate to high elevations, per Weakley's Flora
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.
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p243
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p106
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p124
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p124
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p179
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p238
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p266
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p309
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p16
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p282
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p130