NameThatPlant.net: Ilex vomitoria

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Aquifoliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex vomitoria FAMILY Aquifoliaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex vomitoria FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-003:

Ilex vomitoria FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

COMMON NAME:
Yaupon Holly, Yaupon

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex vomitoria FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex vomitoria FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-003:
Ilex vomitoria FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

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Shrub
Perennial
Usually dioecious

Habitat: maritime forests, other dry sandy forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Not armed

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins crenate from base to apex

FLOWER:
Spring
White/Greenish-white
4-merous
4 sepals
4 petals
Usually unisexual

FRUIT:
Fall
Red
Drupe

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