Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Philadelphus coronarius
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about European Mock-orange at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Philadelphus coronarius
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Philadelphus coronarius
COMMON NAME:
European Mock-orange, Sweet Mock-orange
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_phco7_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Philadelphus coronarius
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Philadelphus coronarius
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Philadelphus coronarius
4153
Shrub
Perennial
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Rare
Look for it . It is cultivated (though more so in the past than now), and can be found escaped or persisting around old homesites, 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.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 1-6mm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White to cream
Radially symmetrical
Usually 4-merous
4-lobed calyx
4 petals
20-50 stamens
Inflorescence a determinate raceme of 5-9 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!