OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nandina domestica   FAMILY Berberidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nandina domestica   FAMILY Berberidaceae

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

Nandina domestica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Nandina domestica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

Nandina domestica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 077-03-001:

Nandina domestica   FAMILY Berberidaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Nandina, Heavenly-bamboo, Sacred-bamboo


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January    Greenville County    SC

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January    Greenville County    SC

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March    Greenville County    SC

Fruit is a red berry borne in terminal clusters, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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JK Marlow    jkm160311_219

March    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm170527_576

May    Abbeville County    SC

In cultivation

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JK Marlow    jkm170527_579

May    Abbeville County    SC

In cultivation

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JK Marlow    jkm080612_006

June    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm080612_009

June    Greenville County    SC

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June    Greenville County    SC

Tepals and anthers are attached at the base of the superior ovary.

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June    Greenville County    SC

All perianth parts caducous [falling off early]; sepals & petals intergrading, per Flora of North America.

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June    Greenville County    SC

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July    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

Leaves pinnately decompound. Leaflets entire, glabrous, sessile or subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE bipinnately or tripinnately compound leaves of shrubs

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nandina domestica   FAMILY Berberidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nandina domestica   FAMILY Berberidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nandina domestica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nandina domestica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Nandina domestica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 077-03-001:
Nandina domestica   FAMILY Berberidaceae

 

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966

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: forests and woodlands in suburban areas, commonly planted, increasingly escaping and naturalizing, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China

Uncommon (rare in Mountains)

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INVASIVE

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

 

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Cream
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Fall
Red
Berry

 

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