Author | L. | |
Distribution | Of 4 collections from Jackson County at SERNEC, only 1 is accompanied by an image with label data; it was stated to be a waif from cultivation. BONAP maps it only in Jackson County. Other specimens from Forsyth, Mecklenburg, and Orange counties are of cultivated plants.
Native of Eurasia; in N.A. -- N.B. to Ont. and MN, south to GA, MO, and KS. | |
Abundance | Very rare to absent as an escaped plant in NC. | |
Habitat | If legitimately present as an alien species, it most likely would be at old homesites. | |
Phenology | Flowers and fruits May-July. | |
Identification | This species is a shrub that is quite similar to the native P. inodorus. However, this exotic species has the large white flowers (4 petals) in a raceme of 5-9 flowers, rather than a cyme/cymule of just 1-3 flowers in P. inodorus. | |
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State Rank | SE | |
Global Rank | GNR | |
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