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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ceanothus americanus var. americanus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ceanothus americanus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

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

Ceanothus americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Ceanothus americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Ceanothus americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 119-02-001:

Ceanothus americanus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Ceanothus americanus var. americanus

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

Ceanothus americanus

 

COMMON NAME:
Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus


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image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_081

        

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ceam_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_ceam_004_lvd

        

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

Alan S. Weakley    asw_769609158207578

May    Granville County    NC

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

JK Marlow    jkm0405w_37

May    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Flower clusters are terminal or arise from leaf axils on stalks 2-10" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

Steve Marlow    snm160531_104

May    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

Steve Marlow    snm160531_104b

May    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Flowers have 5 hooded petals, each with a 1mm blade & a narrow 1mm long claw, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

JK Marlow    jkm160605_913

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Low rounded shrub, to ~ 3' tall, that often has the aspect of a bushy herb, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

JK Marlow    jkm190604_8982

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1714

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_americanus_6

June        

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

JK Marlow    s080611_a

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

JK Marlow    jkm100702_090

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

JK Marlow    jkm100702_100

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Fruits are fleshy three-lobed capsules, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

JK Marlow    jkm100702_101

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves are 3-nerved from the base, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_americanus_1

August        

Flower clusters cylindric to egg-shaped, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_083021hayesville18

August    Clay County    NC

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_083021hayesville19

August    Clay County    NC

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

JK Marlow    jkm0410n_32b

October    Oconee County    SC

Roadside

Seeds have been dispersed; the little "cups" left behind are the hypanthia.

image of Ceanothus americanus var. americanus, Common New Jersey Tea, Redroot, Northeastern Ceanothus

JK Marlow    jkm101120_255

November    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ceanothus americanus var. americanus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ceanothus americanus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ceanothus americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Ceanothus americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ceanothus americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 119-02-001:
Ceanothus americanus   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ceanothus americanus var. americanus

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

 

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Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Woodland borders, dry woodlands, glady openings, dry ridge forests and woodlands (pine or oak) in the Mountains, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains & Piedmont (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Grayish-white
5-merous
5 petals
5 exserted stamens

FRUIT:
Summer
Drupe

 

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