NameThatPlant.net: Ditrysinia fruticosa

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ditrysinia fruticosa FAMILY Euphorbiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Sebastian-bush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ditrysinia fruticosa FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-09-001:

Sebastiania ligustrina FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Sebastian-bush

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ditrysinia fruticosa FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ditrysinia fruticosa FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-09-001:
Sebastiania ligustrina FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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Shrub
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: blackwater natural levees and bottomland hardwood forests, other wet to moist, mostly shaded, habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare in NC)

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

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
Leaves are subtended by stipules.

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Green
3 sepals
Petals absent
3 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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