NameThatPlant.net: Ilex coriacea

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Aquifoliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex coriacea FAMILY Aquifoliaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Sweet Gallberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex coriacea FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-010:

Ilex coriacea FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

COMMON NAME:
Sweet Gallberry, Big Gallberry, Large Gallberry

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex coriacea FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex coriacea FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-010:
Ilex coriacea FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

2541

Shrub
Perennial
Usually dioecious

Habitat: pocosins, more restricted to wet, peaty sites than I. glabra, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins entire or with a few irregularly spaced spinose prickles

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White/Greenish-white
5-9 merous
5-9 sepals
5-9 petals
Usually unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Drupe

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