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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Santalales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nestronia umbellula   FAMILY Santalaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nestronia umbellula   FAMILY Santalaceae

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

Nestronia umbellula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Nestronia umbellula

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 060-02-001:

Nestronia umbellula   FAMILY Santalaceae

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

Nestronia umbellula

 

COMMON NAME:
Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush, Indian-olive


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image of Nestronia umbellula, Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush, Indian-olive

Gill Newberry    gn03_nestronia_inf

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Peter's Creek Heritage Preserve

Small greenish flowers w 4-5 petal-like sepals. Male flowers are in umbels, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Nestronia umbellula, Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush, Indian-olive

Gill Newberry    gn03_nestronia_leaves

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Peter's Creek Heritage Preserve

Leaves opposite, broad-bladed, 3-6cm long, acute or acuminate, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

image of Nestronia umbellula, Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush, Indian-olive

Gill Newberry    gn03_nestronia_leechb

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Peter's Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Nestronia umbellula, Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush, Indian-olive

Gill Newberry    gn03_nestronia_plant

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Peter's Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Nestronia umbellula, Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush, Indian-olive

JK Marlow    jkm120415_047

April    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

Many populations consist of all male or all female plants, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Nestronia umbellula, Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush, Indian-olive

JK Marlow    jkm120415_050

April    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Nestronia umbellula, Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush, Indian-olive

JK Marlow    jkm120415_053

April    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

Resembling an opposite-leaved lowbush blueberry, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Nestronia umbellula, Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush, Indian-olive

JK Marlow    jkm120415_057

April    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Nestronia umbellula, Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush, Indian-olive

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmnestronia_flwrktsp

April        

Female flowers are borne singly in the axils of leaves, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Nestronia umbellula, Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush, Indian-olive

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmnestronia_pc1

Month Unknown    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

image of Nestronia umbellula, Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush, Indian-olive

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmnestronia_pc3

Month Unknown    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nestronia umbellula   FAMILY Santalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nestronia umbellula   FAMILY Santalaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Nestronia umbellula

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 060-02-001:
Nestronia umbellula   FAMILY Santalaceae

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

 

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968

Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Relatively mesic sites in sandhills in the upper Coastal Plain, mesic to dry Piedmont and montane oak forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
4-5 sepals
Petals absent
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Drupe

 

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