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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ligustrum lucidum   FAMILY Oleaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligustrum lucidum   FAMILY Oleaceae

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

Ligustrum lucidum

 

COMMON NAME:
Glossy Privet, Broadleaf Privet


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image of Ligustrum lucidum, Glossy Privet, Broadleaf Privet

James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org    bug_2307086

June        

Stem round in cross-section, light gray and relatively smooth w no fissures, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Ligustrum lucidum, Glossy Privet, Broadleaf Privet

JK Marlow    jkm160915_063

September    Beaufort County    SC

Green's Shell Enclosure Heritage Preserve

image of Ligustrum lucidum, Glossy Privet, Broadleaf Privet

JK Marlow    jkm160915_065

September    Beaufort County    SC

Green's Shell Enclosure Heritage Preserve

Primary lateral veins translucent, (5)6-8 pr (vs. L. japonicum's 3-5 pr), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Ligustrum lucidum, Glossy Privet, Broadleaf Privet

JK Marlow    jkm160915_066

September    Beaufort County    SC

Green's Shell Enclosure Heritage Preserve

Petioles 1-3cm, per Flora of China.

image of Ligustrum lucidum, Glossy Privet, Broadleaf Privet

James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org    bug_2307084

October        

Branches brownish-gray with raised light dots (lenticels), per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Ligustrum lucidum, Glossy Privet, Broadleaf Privet

James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org    bug_2307087

December        

Conical, branched terminal clusters of ovoid drupes ripen to blue-black, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).

image of Ligustrum lucidum, Glossy Privet, Broadleaf Privet

James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org    bug_1120553

Month Unknown        

Loosely branching, terminal and upper axillary conical clusters of flowers, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).

image of Ligustrum lucidum, Glossy Privet, Broadleaf Privet

Steve Hurst, USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org     bug_5307089

Month Unknown        

image of Ligustrum lucidum, Glossy Privet, Broadleaf Privet

Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org     bug_5408155

Month Unknown        

Leaves usually 6-13cm long; apex usually long-acuminate, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Ligustrum lucidum, Glossy Privet, Broadleaf Privet

Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org    bug_5476278

Month Unknown        GA

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ligustrum lucidum   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligustrum lucidum   FAMILY Oleaceae

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

 

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China, Japan & Korea

Uncommon

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite, or rarely alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Cream
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
Synsepalous calyx, lobes obsolete or almost obsolete
4-lobed funnelform corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence a many-flowered terminal panicle

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue-black
Drupe

 

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