OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Physocarpus opulifolius

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-16-001:

Physocarpus opulifolius   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Opulaster australis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Opulaster opulifolius

 

COMMON NAME:
Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark


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image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_opop2_001_lvd

        

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_opulifolius_5

April        

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm0305l_04

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm0305l_05

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm0305l_06

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm0305x_08

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm0305x_10

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Terminal, often dense, rounded clusters of flowers, the petals round, 5-7mm, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm0506b_36

June    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Leaves palmately 3-lobed (some leaves unlobed), margins round-toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm140625_364

June    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm0307c_03

July    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius, Flowering Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark

JK Marlow    jkm140710_701

July    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

Bark brownish, very shreddy or exfoliating, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Physocarpus opulifolius

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-16-001:
Physocarpus opulifolius   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Opulaster australis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Opulaster opulifolius

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1076

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Stream banks, riverside thickets and scour prairies, rock outcrops, cliffs, fens, seepage swamps, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
25-30 stamens, in 2 whorls

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle

 

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