Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Aquifoliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ilex laevigata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Smooth Winterberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex laevigata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-008:
Ilex laevigata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Winterberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_illa_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ilex_laevigata1
May Moore County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ilex_laevigata2
May Moore County NC
Leaves glabrous and lustrous above, margins crenate, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ilex laevigata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex laevigata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-008:
Ilex laevigata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
740
Shrub
Perennial
Usually dioecious
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Common
Look for it in pocosins, other wet, acidic sites, such as in small blackwater stream swamps, 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.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White/Greenish-white
Usually unisexual
5-7 merous
5-7 sepals
5-7 petals
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange-red
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p088
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p396
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p174
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p173