Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nandina domestica
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
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Learn more about Nandina from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nandina domestica
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nandina domestica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nandina domestica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Nandina domestica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 077-03-001:
Nandina domestica FAMILY Berberidaceae
COMMON NAME:
Nandina, Heavenly-bamboo, Sacred-bamboo
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January Greenville County SC
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January Greenville County SC
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March Greenville County SC
Fruit is a red berry borne in terminal clusters, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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March Greenville County SC
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May Abbeville County SC
In cultivation
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May Abbeville County SC
In cultivation
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June Greenville County SC
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June Greenville County SC
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June Greenville County SC
Tepals and anthers are attached at the base of the superior ovary.
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June Greenville County SC
All perianth parts caducous [falling off early]; sepals & petals intergrading, per Flora of North America.
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June Greenville County SC
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July Greenville County SC
Parking lot
Leaves pinnately decompound. Leaflets entire, glabrous, sessile or subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
bipinnately or tripinnately compound leaves of shrubs
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nandina domestica
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nandina domestica
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nandina domestica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nandina domestica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Nandina domestica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 077-03-001:
Nandina domestica
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
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Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: forests and woodlands in suburban areas, commonly planted, increasingly escaping and naturalizing, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: China
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Alabama Invasive Plant Council, 2012
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
- SC Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2014
- SC Native Plant Society
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
- US Fish & Wildlife Service
- US Forest Service Southern Research Station
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Cream
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Fall
Red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p089
- A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010) p050
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p059
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p218
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