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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-03-001:

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

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

Symphoricarpos symphoricarpos

 

COMMON NAME:
Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush


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image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_syor_003_lvd

        

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sysy_001_lvd

        

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

JK Marlow    jkm0402c_28

February    Jackson County    NC

Old homesite

An erect, much-branched shrub, 1-2m tall, with slender, purplish stems, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

JK Marlow    jkm0402d_05

February    Jackson County    NC

Old homesite

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

JK Marlow    jkm180427_1595

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

JK Marlow    jkm180427_1597

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

JK Marlow    jkm180427_1599

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Leaves opposite, elliptic to ovate, pubescent beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

JK Marlow    jkm220421_7069

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

JK Marlow    jkm220421_7093

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_orbiculatus

April        

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

JK Marlow    jkm160727_443

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Twigs densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

JK Marlow    jkm0411a_28

November    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

JK Marlow    jkm0411c_31

November    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

JK Marlow    jkm0411f_16

November    York County    SC

Blackjacks Heritage Preserve

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

JK Marlow    jkm0511b_3435

November    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush

Paul Thompson    pstsymphoricarpos_orbic2

Month Unknown        

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Paul Thompson    pstsymphoricarpos_orbic3

Month Unknown        

Fruit red berry-like drupes, persistent, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-03-001:
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1478

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to dry forests, woodlands, thickets, pastures, and old fields, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia - the original native distribution somewhat uncertain

Common in NC & in Mountains (uncommon to rare southward)

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LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 included stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red/Purplish-red
Berry

 

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