NameThatPlant.net: Vitex agnus-castus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Vitex agnus-castus FAMILY Lamiaceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Read more about Vitex at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitex agnus-castus + FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-03-001:
Vitex agnus-castus FAMILY Verbenaceae

COMMON NAME:
Chaste-tree

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image of Vitex agnus-castus, Chaste-tree

Ronald F. Billings, Texas Forest Service, Bugwood.org bug_5005043

Month Unknown

Lvs palmately compound; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate to oblanceolate, entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org bug_5405884

Month Unknown

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Vitex agnus-castus FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitex agnus-castus + FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-03-001:
Vitex agnus-castus FAMILY Verbenaceae

2509

Shrub
Perennial

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in pastures, woodland edges, suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

map
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,

or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

...Variable

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Palmately compound: 5-7 leaflets
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Blue/ Purplish
Bisexual
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed campanulate calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed campanulate corolla
4 stamens

Inflorescence a terminal thyrse

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle

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