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Rubiaceae | |
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) | |
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Durham Co., NC 7/2/2005 | |
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Orange Co., NC 7 Sep 2011 Leaves are simple, opposite, entire, and often have reddish petioles. | |
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Orange Co., NC 7 Sep 2011 | |
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Orange Co., NC 7 Sep 2011 | |
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Orange Co., NC 7 Sep 2011 Small sapling in an often flooded swale in Duke Forest. | |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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