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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Forsythia viridissima   FAMILY Oleaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Forsythia viridissima   FAMILY Oleaceae

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

Forsythia viridissima

 

COMMON NAME:
Greenstem Forsythia


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Forsythia viridissima   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Forsythia viridissima   FAMILY Oleaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3538

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Waste places, vacant lots, suburban woodlands, commonly planted and persistent, rarely escaped, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
Petiole 0.25-0.5"

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed campanulate corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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