| Author | (Lindley) Rehder | |
| Distribution | Five counties scattered in the lower Piedmont, Sandhills, and Coastal Plain. First collected by Jimmy Massey and Steve Leonard in 1972 in Halifax County.
Native of China; in N.A. MA to GA; also MN to LA. | |
| Abundance | Rare. Becoming more widespread(?), or perhaps we just now are finding out-of-the-way populations. Once past flowering, this early bloomer is hard to pick out from its surroundings. | |
| Habitat | Roadsides, fencerow, thickets, river bluff. | |
| Phenology | Flowering February-March. | |
| Identification | Common Pearlbush grows colonially from underground rhizomes and sends up stems (may be numerous) to 7 feet tall. Leaves are elliptical or oblanceolate, flowers bright white, about 1.7 inches across. Each of the 5 petals narrows to the base, where attached to a circular disc. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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