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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Cartrema americanum
FAMILY
Oleaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read about Cartrema and Osmanthus from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Devilwood at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmanthus americanus var. americanus
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Synopsis of American Cartrema (Oleaceae) (Nesom, 2012)
Cartrema americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-04-001:
Osmanthus americana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amarolea americana
COMMON NAME:
Devilwood, Wild Olive
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JK Marlow jkm0501a_35
January Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Glossy evergreen lvs opposite (typically subopposite), oblanceolate to obovate, per Weakley's Flora.
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Sam Pratt sbp_021522_1221
February Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Leaves are entire on the margin, 10-14cm long, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm110320_164
March Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm110320_166
March Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm100413_008
April Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Flowers in short axillary panicles (rarely racemes), short-pedicellate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm100413_010
April Greenville County SC
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Cartrema americanum
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmanthus americanus var. americanus
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Synopsis of American Cartrema (Oleaceae) (Nesom, 2012)
Cartrema americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-04-001:
Osmanthus americana
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amarolea americana
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Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in GA & SC (uncommon in NC)
Habitat: maritime forests and (in FL, GA, SC, and extreme s. NC) hammocks and other dry, sandy forests well inland, and reported southwards for wet habitats as well, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite or subopposite
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring
Creamy-white
Mostly unisexual
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a few-flowered axillary panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p057
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p094
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p120
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p257
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p094
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p088
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p224