Persea palustris
Bot. Gaz. 67: 229. 1919.
Common names: Swamp red bay
Basionym: Tamala palustris Rafinesque Sylva Tellur., 137. 1838
Synonyms: Persea borbonia var. pubescens (Pursh) Little Persea pubescens (Pursh) Small Tamala pubescens
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Trees, to 15 (-20) m. Branches pubescent, hairs erect, crisped. Leaf-blade ovate to elliptic, 8-14 × 2-5 cm; surfaces abaxially pale, glaucous, densely pubescent when young with rusty brown, erect, crisped hairs, glabrescent with age, adaxially green, lustrous. Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending leaf petiole, pubescent. Drupe ca. 8 mm wide. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Primarily in wetlands but not restricted to them, swamps, marshes, low pinewoods, savannas, maritime forests (sometimes mixed with P. borbonia)
Elevation: Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains, less common in the Piedmont; 0-185 m
Distribution
Ala., Del., Fla., Ga., La., Md., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., Va., West Indies (Bahamas)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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4-valved +
latrorse +
reddish-brown +
fissured +
thin +
persistent +
decussate +
deciduous +
pubescent +
Swamp red bay +
absent +
absent +
dark blue;black +
seated +
globose +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (?) +
absent +
accrescent +
reddish;usually yellow;greenish or white +
bisexual +
Primarily in wetlands but not restricted to them, swamps, marshes, low pinewoods, savannas, maritime forests (sometimes mixed with P. borbonia) +
rusty brown +
erect +
crisped +
developed +
perigynous +
axillary +
absent +
veined +
2cm;5cm +
alternate +
mature +
slightly shorter +
basal +
globose +
longer +
pubescent +
1-carpellate +
compound +
Bot. Gaz. +
1919 +
cup-shaped +
introrse +
absent +
sagittate +
staminodial +
subsessile +
lustrous +
Persea palustris +
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sepaloid +
yellowish +
persistent +
outer +
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