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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex vomitoria   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)

Ilex vomitoria

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

Ilex vomitoria   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

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

Ilex vomitoria

 

COMMON NAME:
Yaupon Holly, Yaupon


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image of Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon Holly, Yaupon

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_703

        

image of Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon Holly, Yaupon

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ilvo_001_lvd

        

image of Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon Holly, Yaupon

JK Marlow    jkm0502d_3031

February    Georgetown County    SC

Huntington Beach State Park

Increasingly popular as an ornamental shrub, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon Holly, Yaupon

JK Marlow    s050227_g

February    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

Leaves leathery, oval to elliptic, to 3cm long, margins revolute, crenate, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

image of Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon Holly, Yaupon

JK Marlow    s050227_h

February    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

image of Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon Holly, Yaupon

JK Marlow    jkm0303e_23

March    Beaufort County    SC

Hunting Island State Park

Fruit often persists through the winter, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon Holly, Yaupon

JK Marlow    jkm080301_061

March    Charleston County    SC

Santee Coastal Reserve

image of Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon Holly, Yaupon

Alan S. Weakley    asw_759166455693491

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Flowers about 5mm across, in short clusters from leaf axils, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon Holly, Yaupon

Paul Thompson    pstilex_vomitoria_nana

September?        

'Nana' - Dwarf Yaupon Holly. Twigs are grey; new leaves are reddish. — Clemson Extension

image of Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon Holly, Yaupon

JK Marlow    jkm231104_6492

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

image of Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon Holly, Yaupon

Alan S. Weakley    asw_5770881253001382

December    Georgetown County    SC

Fruit a red drupe, ~ 1/4" in diam, solitary or in clusters in leaf axils, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

 

 

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 Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)
Ilex vomitoria

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

743

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)

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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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