Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bejaria racemosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bejaria racemosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bejaria racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Bejaria racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Befaria racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Befaria racemosa
COMMON NAME:
Tarflower, Flycatcher
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Keith Bradley kab_b_racemosa_76960
May Martin County FL
Jonathan Dickinson State Park
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Keith Bradley kab_b_racemosa_77049
May Martin County FL
Jonathan Dickinson State Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbhabit_sebring98
June Polk County FL
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbhabit_sebring99
June Polk County FL
A slender sparsely branched 3-7' shrub w hairy twigs & stiff erect branches, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbracemosa_lfsebring
June
Leaves entire, leathery, tpically angled upward along the stem & twisted, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_bejaria_racemosa_38
July
Flowers sticky, fragrant, bright white (often tinged with pink), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_bejaria_racemosa_39
July
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bejaria racemosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bejaria racemosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bejaria racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Bejaria racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Befaria racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Befaria racemosa
2409
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: pine flatwoods, typically most abundant in scrubby flatwoods or sub-xeric, pine-dominated habitats. Often completely absent or far less abundant in wet flatwoods or xeric rosemary scrubs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer
White
often tinged with pink
7 petals
12-14 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p128
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p314
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p211
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p103
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p070
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