OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heptapleurum actinophyllum   FAMILY Araliaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schefflera actinophylla   FAMILY Araliaceae

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

Schefflera actinophylla

 

COMMON NAME:
Australian Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree, Schefflera


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image of Heptapleurum actinophyllum, Australian Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree, Schefflera

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www.invasive.org/browse/subject.cfm?sub=6378

image of Heptapleurum actinophyllum, Australian Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree, Schefflera

Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org    bug_5290038

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Dense, 1-2' long clusters of deep red flowers radiate from each branch tip, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

image of Heptapleurum actinophyllum, Australian Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree, Schefflera

Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org    bug_5290039

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Leaflets radiate out like the spokes of an umbrella, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

image of Heptapleurum actinophyllum, Australian Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree, Schefflera

Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org    bug_5290059

Month Unknown        

image of Heptapleurum actinophyllum, Australian Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree, Schefflera

Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org    bug_5290063

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image of Heptapleurum actinophyllum, Australian Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree, Schefflera

Steve Hurst, USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org    bug_5308090

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heptapleurum actinophyllum   FAMILY Araliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schefflera actinophylla   FAMILY Araliaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1337

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: In a wide variety of disturbed sites, invasive in hammocks, pine rocklands, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Australia, New Guinea, Java

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Palmately compound: 7-16 leaflets
Alternate
Petioles 15-60cm long

FLOWER:
Fall
Red
7-18 petals, usually 12
Stamens same number as petals
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Purple
Drupe

 

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