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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gordonia lasianthus   FAMILY Theaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gordonia lasianthus   FAMILY Theaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Gordonia lasianthus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 124-02-001:

Gordonia lasianthus   FAMILY Theaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Gordonia lasianthus

 

COMMON NAME:
Loblolly Bay, Gordonia


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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_783

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gola_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_gola_002_lvd

        

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Keith Bradley    kab_g_lasianthus_74867

June    St. Johns County    FL

Fourmile Swamp

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Keith Bradley    kab_g_lasianthus_74877

June    St. Johns County    FL

Fourmile Swamp

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Keith Bradley    kab_g_lasianthus_74881

June    St. Johns County    FL

Fourmile Swamp

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Keith Bradley    kab_g_lasianthus_74883

June    St. Johns County    FL

Fourmile Swamp

Has a distinctly narrow and spire-like crown (much like a cedar at a distance), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmglasinianthu_sebring2

June    Polk County    FL

Leaves glabrous, dark green, with blunt appressed teeth, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_g_lasianthus_8

July        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_gordonia_lasianthus4b

July        

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John B. Nelson    jbn_7762085352_06e1d987c6

August        

The petals are minutely fringed. Has anybody noticed that?. — John Nelson

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John B. Nelson    jbn_7762085352_1c11cd7d1c

August        

Flowers about 3" across with a ringed mass of bright yellow stamens, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

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Keith Bradley    kab_g_lasianthus_9593

December    Marion County    SC

Little Pee Dee Heritage Preserve

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmglasinianthus_wl2

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gordonia lasianthus   FAMILY Theaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gordonia lasianthus   FAMILY Theaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Gordonia lasianthus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 124-02-001:
Gordonia lasianthus   FAMILY Theaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gordonia lasianthus

 

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: pocosins, bayheads, acidic, organic-rich swamp forests, wet pine savannas, bay forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens, adnate to the petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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