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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Diervilla sessilifolia
FAMILY
Diervillaceae
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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
Habitat: rock outcrops, ridges, landslide scars, trail margins, other rocky open places, streambanks, at moderate to high elevations, per Weakley's Flora
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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