OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vitex agnus-castus   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitex agnus-castus var. agnus-castus   FAMILY Verbenaceae

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

Vitex agnus-castus var. agnus-castus

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

Vitex agnus-castus var. caerulea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-03-001:

Vitex agnus-castus   FAMILY Verbenaceae

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

Vitex agnus-castus

 

COMMON NAME:
Chaste-tree


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image of Vitex agnus-castus, Chaste-tree

Ronald F. Billings, Texas Forest Service, Bugwood.org    bug_5005043

Month Unknown        

Lvs palmately compound; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate to oblanceolate, entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vitex agnus-castus, Chaste-tree

Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org     bug_5405884

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vitex agnus-castus   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitex agnus-castus var. agnus-castus   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vitex agnus-castus var. agnus-castus

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vitex agnus-castus var. caerulea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-03-001:
Vitex agnus-castus   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vitex agnus-castus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2509

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Pastures, woodland edges, suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

Rare in GA & SC (waifs in NC)

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Invasive?

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

 

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Palmately compound: 5-7 leaflets
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Blue/ Purplish
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed campanulate calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed campanulate corolla
4 stamens
Bisexual

Inflorescence a terminal thyrse

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle

 

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