NameThatPlant.net: Pyrularia pubera

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read about Buffalo Nut from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.

Read more about Buffalo-nut at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrularia pubera FAMILY Santalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 060-04-001:

Pyrularia pubera FAMILY Santalaceae

COMMON NAME:
Buffalo-nut, Oil-nut

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrularia pubera FAMILY Santalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 060-04-001:
Pyrularia pubera FAMILY Santalaceae

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Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Mesic to dry forests, over a wide range of substrates, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
5-lobed calyx
Petals absent
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Drupe

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