Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Virginia Sweetspire from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Itea virginica
FAMILY
Iteaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Itea virginica
FAMILY
Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Itea virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-01-001:
Itea virginica
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Itea virginica
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Sweetspire, Virginia-willow
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Keith Bradley kab_itea_virginica_73585
March Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Mark A. Musselman mam_virginiawillo042606d
April Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
JK Marlow jkm080601_001
May Greenville County SC
Stigma capitate, styles fused at anthesis and separate in fruit, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm080601_005
May Greenville County SC
Five white petals, five inserted stamens, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm100514_098
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Leaf margins toothed throughout vs. Clethra alnifolia's only on upper blade, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
COMPARE
leaves of Clethra and Itea
JK Marlow jkm190506_8210
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Itea provides invaluable erosion control by a creek, per Gardening with Native Plants of the South.