OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhodotypos scandens   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhodotypos scandens   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Rhodotypos scandens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Rhodotypos scandens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Rhodotypos scandens

 

COMMON NAME:
Jetbead


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image of Rhodotypos scandens, Jetbead

Tracey Slotta, USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org    bug_5308073

Month Unknown        

image of Rhodotypos scandens, Jetbead

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5447342

Month Unknown        

Four-petaled, single white flowers, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

image of Rhodotypos scandens, Jetbead

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5447366

Month Unknown        

Leaves generally oval with a long pointed tip, toothed edges, ribbed veins, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

image of Rhodotypos scandens, Jetbead

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5447368

Month Unknown        

Red berries turn black, hanging usually in fours, lasting well into winter, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhodotypos scandens   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhodotypos scandens   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rhodotypos scandens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rhodotypos scandens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2503

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Suburban woodlands, disturbed areas, roadsides, old house sites, well established locally, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Waif(s)

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INVASIVE

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

 

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
4 united sepals
4 petals

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Drupe

 

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