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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Morella pumila   FAMILY Myricaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Morella cerifera   FAMILY Myricaceae

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

Morella pumila

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Myrica cerifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 052-03-001b:

Myrica cerifera var. pumila   FAMILY Myricaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Myrica pusilla

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

Cerothamnus pumilus

 

COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Wax-myrtle, Dwarf Bayberry


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image of Morella pumila, Dwarf Wax-myrtle, Dwarf Bayberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_moce2_002_lvd

        

image of Morella pumila, Dwarf Wax-myrtle, Dwarf Bayberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_myce_001_lvd

        

image of Morella pumila, Dwarf Wax-myrtle, Dwarf Bayberry

Alan S. Weakley    asw_239024625204710

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Leaves usually few-toothed above the middle, both surfaces w resin dots, fragrant when crushed, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Morella pumila, Dwarf Wax-myrtle, Dwarf Bayberry

Alan S. Weakley    asw_934126734383465

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

image of Morella pumila, Dwarf Wax-myrtle, Dwarf Bayberry

JK Marlow    jkm0505t_17

May    Williamsburg County    SC

Small shrub usually less than 1m tall, strongly stoloniferous, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Morella pumila   FAMILY Myricaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Morella cerifera   FAMILY Myricaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Myrica cerifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 052-03-001b:
Myrica cerifera var. pumila   FAMILY Myricaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Myrica pusilla

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

 

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1944

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Savannas, pine flatwoods, relatively moist to extremely dry sites in sandhills (under Quercus laevis and Q. geminata), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Sepals absent
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in catkins

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Waxy gray
Drupaceous

 

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