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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
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JK Marlow jkm160416_265
April Lowndes County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160416_268
April Lowndes County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160416_270
April Lowndes County GA
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Mark A. Musselman mam_virginiawillo042606d
April Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
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JK Marlow jkm080601_001
May Greenville County SC
Stigma capitate, styles fused at anthesis and separate in fruit, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm080601_005
May Greenville County SC
Five white petals, five inserted stamens, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm190506_8211
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm081110_011
November Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
'Henry's Garnet'