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Nandina domestica

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Name

Identification
Nandina domestica Thunb. [family BERBERIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Nandina indet. Not on sheet [family BERBERIDACEAE ] Verified by Thunberg, Carl Peter,
Related name
  • Nandina laevis
  • Nandina indet.
  • Nandina domestica
Common name
  • Heavenly-bamboo, Flora of North America Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Nandina domestica Thunberg [family BERBERIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 3,
Names
Nandina domestica Thunberg [family BERBERIDACEAE], Nov. Gen. Pl., 1: 14. 1781
Information
Stems erect. Wood and pith bright yellow. Leaves frequently reddish tinged, 5-10 dm; petioles basally enlarged and clasping. Leaflets 9-81, nearly sessile, leaflet blades 4-11 1.5-3 cm, base cuneate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences with hundreds of flowers, 1-2 dm. Flowers fragrant, pedicellate; perianth segments imbricate, weakly 2-4-seriate. Berries 6-9 mm. Seeds mostly 2. 2n = 20.
Phenology
Flowering spring-summer (May-early Jul); fruiting summer-fall (Sep-Dec)
Altitude range
0-600 m
Distribution
woodlandsmesic flood plainshammocksnativeAsia (Japan, China, India).USA Ala.USA Ark.USA Fla.USA Ga.USA La.USA N.C.USA S.C.USA Tex.
Discussion
Nandina domestica is commonly cultivated as an ornamental. China and Japan have been considered the possible sources of cultivated material. In the flora, seedlings are frequent in the vicinity of plantings, and mature plants have been found far from areas of current cultivation in the southeastern United States.
Native/Introduced
introduced

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