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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ficus carica
FAMILY
Moraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ficus carica
FAMILY
Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ficus carica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Ficus carica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 057-04-001:
Ficus carica FAMILY Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ficus carica
COMMON NAME:
Edible Fig, Garden Fig
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_ficus_carica_7532
June Catawba County NC
The fleshy receptacle is the fig of commerce, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_ficus_carica_7543
June Catawba County NC
Leaves palmately 3-5 lobed, rough above, coarsely pubescent beneath, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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JK Marlow jkm160727_014
July Haywood County NC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160727_015
August Haywood County NC
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ficus carica
FAMILY
Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ficus carica
FAMILY
Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ficus carica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Ficus carica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 057-04-001:
Ficus carica
FAMILY
Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ficus carica
2592
Shrub
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Grown for its fruits, persistent from plantings, persisting and naturalizing particularly on barrier islands, where it sometimes forms thickets on dunes, or otherwise in the outer Coastal Plain, where proximity to the ocean ameliorates cold winter temperatures, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: west Asia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has translucent to milky-white latex (milky sap not always evident in winter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Radially symmetrical
2-6 sepals
1-2 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Multiple of nutlets
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p057
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p138
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