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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Dalibarda repens
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dalibarda repens
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Rubus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME) Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Rubus dalibarda
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-06-001:
Dalibarda repens FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dalibarda repens
COMMON NAME:
Robin-runaway, Star-violet, Dewdrop
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dare_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdrepens_dalbog1
June
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdrepens_dalbog2
June
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdrepens_dalbog3
June
Leaves cordate-based, almost circular, with scalloped margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdrepens_dalbog4
June
Our only herbaceous member of the Rose family with simple unlobed leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0508b_25
July Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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Keith Bradley kab_rubus_dalibarda_2532
August Hamilton County NY
Adirondack State Park
Flowers w many long white stamens; sterile w white petals, fertile without, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Dalibarda repens
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dalibarda repens
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rubus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME)
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Rubus dalibarda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-06-001:
Dalibarda repens
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dalibarda repens
2014
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bog margins and mountain swamp forests, often along spring seeps, southwards mostly in dense shade beneath Rhododendron maximum, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals in sterile flowers/ petals absent in fertile flowers
20 stamens (approximately)
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p182
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p111
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p072
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