Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Aruncus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-14-001:
Aruncus dioicus FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aruncus allegheniensis
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Goatsbeard, Bride's Feathers
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Steve Marlow snm079801_30
January Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Fruits are dry capsules consisting of 3 seed chambers per flower, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0205k_01
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0205k_02
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0305p_27
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120506_446
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Female plants have clusters of tiny 5-petaled flowers, each with 3 carpels, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120506_501
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Inflorescence a large panicle of racemes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140519_898
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_903
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm240502_9024
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_dioicus_sf_53005_4
May
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Keith Bradley kab_aruncus_dioicus_0369
June Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Ron Lance rwl_aruncus_dioicus
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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Ron Lance rwl_aruncus_dioicus_b
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Pollinators at work.
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JK Marlow s030608_ab
June Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Leaflets resemble elm leaves; terminal leaflet is unlobed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
compound leaves of woodland herbs, with toothed margins
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JK Marlow jkm090709_167
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm090709_173
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Leaflets have double-toothed eges, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090709_210
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm090709_213
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm090709_221
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm0308s_32
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-14-001:
Aruncus dioicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aruncus allegheniensis
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Forb
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich forests and woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Ternately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Greenish
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
15-20 stamens on staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p139
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p104
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p072
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p134
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p142
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p181
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p218
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p216
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p025
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p114
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p311
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p116
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p147
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p336
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p073
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