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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cotinus obovata   FAMILY Anacardiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cotinus obovatus   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cotinus obovatus

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

Cotinus americanus

 

COMMON NAME:
American Smoketree


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image of Cotinus obovata, American Smoketree

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_690

        

image of Cotinus obovata, American Smoketree

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_coam11_001_lvd

        

image of Cotinus obovata, American Smoketree

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_coob2_001_lhd

        

image of Cotinus obovata, American Smoketree

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_cotinus_obovatus_14

April        

Bark grayish-brown, thin, broken into oblong scales, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Cotinus obovata, American Smoketree

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_cotinus_obovatus_7

April        

image of Cotinus obovata, American Smoketree

Sam Pratt    sbp_1706

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Leaves obovate, blunt-tipped or notched, dark green above, pubescent below, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Cotinus obovata, American Smoketree

Sam Pratt    sbp_dscf3730

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Cotinus obovata, American Smoketree

Sam Pratt    sbp_dscf3733

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Cotinus obovata, American Smoketree

JK Marlow    jkm201014_7683

October    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cotinus obovata   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cotinus obovatus   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cotinus obovatus

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

 

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Glades, exposed bluffs, and dry upland woodlands over calcareous soils and rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-white
5-parted calyx
5 petals
5 stamens
Usually unisexual, often sterile

Flowers in terminal clusters

FRUIT:
Greenish
Drupe

 

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