Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Lindera from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lindera melissifolia   FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lindera melissifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 084-04-002:

Lindera melissaefolium   FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Benzoin melissaefolium

COMMON NAME:
Southern Spicebush, Pondberry

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_beme_001_lvd

        

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_lime7_001_lvd

        

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_lindera_melissifolia4

July    Sampson County    NC

Drupe ellipsoid, bright red [when ripe], 10-11.5mm long, on 9-12mm stalks, per Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama (Godfrey, 1988).

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_lindera_melissifolia9

July    Sampson County    NC

Leaves slightly drooping, crushed ones with their own peculiar odor, per Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama (Godfrey, 1988).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lindera melissifolia   FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lindera melissifolia   FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lindera melissifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 084-04-002:
Lindera melissaefolium   FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Benzoin melissaefolium