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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clerodendrum trichotomum var. ferrugineum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Clerodendrum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clerodendrum trichotomum var. ferrugineum
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
COMMON NAME:
Harlequin Glorybower
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clerodendrum trichotomum var. ferrugineum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clerodendrum trichotomum var. ferrugineum
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
344
Shrub
Perennial
Non-native: east Asia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Rare, cultivated & strongly naturalized
Look for it on roadsides, streambanks, per Weakley's Flora
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.
...Moist
...Variable
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Red
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
4 stamens, attached to corolla tube
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!