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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zenobia pulverulenta   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zenobia pulverulenta   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

Zenobia pulverulenta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Zenobia pulverulenta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-09-001:

Zenobia pulverulenta   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

Zenobia cassinefolia

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

Zenobia pulverulenta

 

COMMON NAME:
Zenobia, Honeycups


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Will Stuart    wil_z_pulveru_0533_iphone

January    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Zenobia pulverulenta, Zenobia, Honeycups

Will Stuart    wil_z_pulveru_0536_iphone

January    Richmond    NC

The crenate leaves help distinguish Zenobia from other pocosin shrubs, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Zenobia pulverulenta, Zenobia, Honeycups

Will Stuart    wil_z_pulverulenta_0057

May    Columbus County    NC

Lake Waccamaw State Park

Numerous flowers grow on straight to arching branches, each drooping from a 1-2.5cm stalk, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Zenobia pulverulenta, Zenobia, Honeycups

Will Stuart    wil_z_pulverulenta_0078

May    Columbus County    NC

Lake Waccamaw State Park

image of Zenobia pulverulenta, Zenobia, Honeycups

Will Stuart    wil_z_pulverulenta_0123

May    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Leaves elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 3.5-8cm long, glabrate, margins crenate, tip blunt to acute, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Zenobia pulverulenta, Zenobia, Honeycups

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmzpulverulenta_oceanb2

Month Unknown    Horry County    SC

Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve

The corolla is cup-shaped and fragrant, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Zenobia pulverulenta, Zenobia, Honeycups

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmzpulverulenta_oceanb3

Month Unknown    Horry County    SC

Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve

On some plants, leaves are conspicuously glaucous with a bluish-white cast, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zenobia pulverulenta   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zenobia pulverulenta   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Zenobia pulverulenta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-09-001:
Zenobia pulverulenta   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1686

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: pocosins, margins of pineland ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare in GA)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 3-6mm long

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5 sepals
5-lobed campanulate corolla
10 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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