OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Aquifoliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex myrtifolia   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex myrtifolia   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)

Ilex myrtifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-002b:

Ilex cassine var. myrtifolia   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

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

Ilex myrtifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Myrtle Holly, Myrtle-leaved Holly


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image of Ilex myrtifolia, Myrtle Holly, Myrtle-leaved Holly

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmimyrtifolia_fb1

May-June        

Flowers similar to those of other hollies, appearing May-June, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Ilex myrtifolia, Myrtle Holly, Myrtle-leaved Holly

JK Marlow    jkm081009_073

October    Dorchester County    SC

Rigid leaves 1-4cm long and 3-7mm wide with revolute margin, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Ilex myrtifolia, Myrtle Holly, Myrtle-leaved Holly

JK Marlow    jkm081009_075

October    Dorchester County    SC

Drupe red, occasionally yellow or orange, lustrous, globose, 5-8mm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Ilex myrtifolia, Myrtle Holly, Myrtle-leaved Holly

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmimyrtifo_powerlindbad

Month Unknown        

Leaf blades linear or narrowly elliptical, bristle-tipped, margins revolute, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Ilex myrtifolia, Myrtle Holly, Myrtle-leaved Holly

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmimyrtifoli_powerlind1

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex myrtifolia   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex myrtifolia   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)
Ilex myrtifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-002b:
Ilex cassine var. myrtifolia   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

737

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Usually dioecious

Habitat: Limesink (doline) ponds, pocosins, wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA & SC (uncommon in NC)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins entire or with a few spinose serrations

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Greenish-white
4-merous
4 sepals
4 petals
Usually unisexual

FRUIT:
Fall
Red, occasionally yellow or orange
Drupe

 

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