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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chamaedaphne calyculata   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaedaphne calyculata   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Chamaedaphne calyculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Chamaedaphne calyculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-14-001:

Cassandra calyculata   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

Chamaedaphne calyculata

 

COMMON NAME:
Leatherleaf, Cassandra


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image of Chamaedaphne calyculata, Leatherleaf, Cassandra

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_chca2_001_lvd

        

image of Chamaedaphne calyculata, Leatherleaf, Cassandra

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_chca2_003_lvd

        

image of Chamaedaphne calyculata, Leatherleaf, Cassandra

Will Stuart    wil_8602145639_92854995e8

March    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Leaves evergreen, both surfaces tawny and scurfy, the lower more so, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Chamaedaphne calyculata, Leatherleaf, Cassandra

Will Stuart    wil_8602448140_ff456720c9

March    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Flowers on an arching stem, solitary in the axils of previous year's leaves, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Chamaedaphne calyculata, Leatherleaf, Cassandra

Will Stuart    wil8602145639_92854995e8b

March    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Corolla lobes much shorter than tube; stigma slightly expanded, truncate, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chamaedaphne calyculata   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaedaphne calyculata   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chamaedaphne calyculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Chamaedaphne calyculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-14-001:
Cassandra calyculata   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

 

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Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: pocosins in the Coastal Plain, bogs in the Mountains, Chamaecyparis bogs, wet pine flatwood ecotones, other saturated, acid, peaty or peaty/sandy situations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare in NC Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
10 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual or functionally unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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