Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Aquifoliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ilex glabra
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Inkberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex glabra
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-009:
Ilex glabra
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Inkberry, Bitter Gallberry, Little Gallberry
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ilgl_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_ilgl_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm130406_876
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
Leaves 3-4x long as wide, crenate in the apical 1/2 to 1/3 (or rarely entire), per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmiglabra_srec
May Richland County SC
Sandhills Recreation Center
Female flowers mostly solitary, male in small clusters, on separate plants, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmiglabra_fb1
May-June
Leaves elliptic with a tapering base, leathery, lustrous yellow-green above, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm081009_069
October Dorchester County SC
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JK Marlow jkm161001_750
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Fruit a dry drupe, solitary in axils, 5-7mm wide, green maturing to black, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Will Stuart wil_10526945776
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ilex glabra
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex glabra
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-009:
Ilex glabra
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
739
Shrub
Perennial
Usually dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Look for it in savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin margins, swamps, primarily in wetlands, but extending upslope even into sandhills, with a clay lens or spodic horizon below to maintain additional moisture, 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.
...Wet
...Moist
...Dry
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Greenish-white
Usually unisexual
5-7 merous
5-7 sepals
5-7 petals
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p348
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p076
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p249
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p253
- Landscaping with Native Trees p129
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p087
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p396
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p172
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p172