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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Catalpa bignonioides   FAMILY Bignoniaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Catalpa bignonioides   FAMILY Bignoniaceae

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

Catalpa bignonioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 167-03-001:

Catalpa bignonioides   FAMILY Bignoniaceae

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

Catalpa catalpa

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree


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image of Catalpa bignonioides, Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p47a

        

image of Catalpa bignonioides, Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

JK Marlow    jkm191222_2375

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Catalpa bignonioides, Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_903

        

image of Catalpa bignonioides, Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cabi8_005_lvd

        

image of Catalpa bignonioides, Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_caca58_001_lvd

        

image of Catalpa bignonioides, Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

Steve Marlow    snm140530_049

March    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Corolla 2-4cm wide, the lower lobe densely spotted with purple, entire, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Catalpa bignonioides, Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

JK Marlow    jkm060522_028

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Catalpa bignonioides, Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

JK Marlow    jkm060522_030

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Catalpa bignonioides, Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

JK Marlow    jkm060522_035

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Catalpa bignonioides, Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

JK Marlow    jkm140528_227

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Fresh foliage with a fetid odor; leaves abruptly acuminate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Catalpa bignonioides, Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

JK Marlow    jkm060809_003

August    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Capsules 15-40cm long, 6-10mm diameter, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).


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image of Catalpa bignonioides, Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

JK Marlow    jkm060809_004

August    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Catalpa bignonioides, Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

JK Marlow    jkm060809_005

August    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Catalpa bignonioides   FAMILY Bignoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Catalpa bignonioides   FAMILY Bignoniaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 167-03-001:
Catalpa bignonioides   FAMILY Bignoniaceae

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

 

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Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Bottomlands and streambanks (as a native), escaped or persistent after cultivation, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Coastal Plain of SC & GA, early naturalized in a more widespread area

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite or rarely whorled

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White, lower lobe densely spotted with purple
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-merous
2-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla
2 fertile stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule

 

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