OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Populus ×jackii   FAMILY Salicaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus ×jackii [balsamifera × deltoides]   FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)

Populus ×jackii

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-02-004:

Populus candicans   FAMILY Salicaceae

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

Populus candicans

 

COMMON NAME:
 Balm-of-Gilead

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image of Populus ×jackii, Balm-of-Gilead

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_poca33_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Populus ×jackii   FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus ×jackii [balsamifera × deltoides]   FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
 Populus ×jackii

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-02-004:
 Populus candicans   FAMILY Salicaceae

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

 

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1139

Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Bottomlands, riverbanks, streambanks, spread from cultivation, per Weakley's Flora

Cultivar of uncertain origin

Uncommon in NC, rare in SC

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Sepals absent
Petals absent
10 or more stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in catkins, inflorescence pendulous

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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