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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Catalpa bignonioides
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Southern Catalpa at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Catalpa bignonioides
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Catalpa bignonioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 167-03-001:
Catalpa bignonioides FAMILY Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Catalpa catalpa
COMMON NAME:
Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux dcp34_p47a
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2375
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_903
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cabi8_005_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caca58_001_lvd
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Steve Marlow snm140530_049
March Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Corolla 2-4cm wide, the lower lobe densely spotted with purple, entire, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060522_028
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm060522_030
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm060522_035
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140528_227
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Fresh foliage with a fetid odor; leaves abruptly acuminate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm060809_003
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
Capsules 15-40cm long, 6-10mm diameter, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
COMPARE
fruit of Catalpa species
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JK Marlow jkm060809_004
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm060809_005
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Catalpa bignonioides
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Catalpa bignonioides
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Catalpa bignonioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 167-03-001:
Catalpa bignonioides
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Catalpa catalpa
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Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomlands and streambanks (as a native), escaped or persistent after cultivation, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Coastal Plain of SC & GA, early naturalized in a more widespread area
Uncommon
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite or rarely whorled
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White,
lower lobe densely spotted with purple
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-merous
2-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla
2 fertile stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p521
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p176
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p079
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p097
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p099
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p17
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p092
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