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
	
	
	
		 
		 
		
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Jetbead at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Distinguished by its opposite leaves and black, beadlike fruits, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
	
	
	
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	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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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).
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).
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
	
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