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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pinckneya bracteata   FAMILY Rubiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinckneya bracteata   FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

Pinckneya bracteata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-01-001:

Pinckneya pubens   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pinckneya pubens

 

COMMON NAME:
Pinkneya, Fevertree


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image of Pinckneya bracteata, Pinkneya, Fevertree

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_908

        

image of Pinckneya bracteata, Pinkneya, Fevertree

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_pinckneya_bracteata_1

June    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

1 or more sepals enlarged, petal-like, creamy to rose-colored, conspicuous, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Pinckneya bracteata, Pinkneya, Fevertree

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_pinckneya_bracteata_2

September    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Fruit a subglobose capsule about 1/2" across, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Pinckneya bracteata, Pinkneya, Fevertree

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_pinckneya_bracteata2b

September    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Lf upper surface dark geen, slightly pubescent; lower pale, downy pubescent, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pinckneya bracteata   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinckneya bracteata   FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-01-001:
Pinckneya pubens   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pinckneya pubens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1084

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Margins of acidic, peaty (blackwater) swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
The enlarged petaloid sepal is creamy or rose, corolla yellow-green
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx, usually with 1 showy petaloid lobe
5-lobed corolla
5 exserted stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule

 

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