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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligustrum vulgare   FAMILY Oleaceae

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

Ligustrum vulgare

 

COMMON NAME:
European Privet, Common Privet


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image of Ligustrum vulgare, European Privet, Common Privet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_livu_001_lvd

        

image of Ligustrum vulgare, European Privet, Common Privet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_livu_003_lvd

        

image of Ligustrum vulgare, European Privet, Common Privet

Mark Frey, The Presidio Trust , Bugwood.org    bug_1562044

March?        

image of Ligustrum vulgare, European Privet, Common Privet

Nava Tabak, Invasive Plant Atlas of New England, Bugwood.org    bug_5078032

Month Unknown        

Leaves elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, apex obtuse to acute, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Ligustrum vulgare, European Privet, Common Privet

Steve Hurst, USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org    bug_5307094

Month Unknown        

image of Ligustrum vulgare, European Privet, Common Privet

Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft., Bugwood.org    bug_5396159

Month Unknown        Hungary

Flowers of a heavy objectionable odor, in dense terminal 1-3" panicles, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Ligustrum vulgare, European Privet, Common Privet

Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft., Bugwood.org    bug_5397687

Month Unknown        Hungary

Fruit a lustrous black 1/3" berry-like drupe which persists thru March+, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligustrum vulgare   FAMILY Oleaceae

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

 

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe & northern Africa

Rare

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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:
Spring/Summer
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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