Celastrus scandens
Sp. Pl. 1: 196. 1753.
Common names: American bittersweet
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 120.
Illustrator:
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Vines to 15 m. Leaves: blade oblong, 5–10 × 2–4 cm, aestivation involute. Inflorescences terminal, panicles, 3–8 cm. Staminate flowers: pollen yellow. Capsules orange, subglobose, 4–8 × 5–9 mm, glabrous. Seeds dark-brown, 6 mm. 2n = 46.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Thickets, woodland margins, roadsides, usually rich soils.
Elevation: 0–1400 m.
Distribution
Man., Ont., Que., Sask., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Mont., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis., Wyo.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Celastrus scandens"
hypogynous +
dehiscing +
not beaked +
red +
obscure +
denticulate +
oblong +
involute +
terete +
orange +
glabrous +
subglobose +
American bittersweet +
Man. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +, Wis. + and Wyo. +
nutlike +
staminate +
symmetric +
axile +
free-inserted +
loculicidal +
absent +
Present +
simple +
fascicled +
alternate +
deciduous +
intrastaminal +
absent +
rudimentary +
fleshy +
axile +
superior +
0;1/2 +
anatropous +
hypogynous +
distinct +
absent +
absent +
3-carpellate +
absent +
yellow +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
not winged +
dark-brown +
surrounding +
ellipsoid +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
distinct +
longitudinal +
free-inserted +
not gland-tipped +
undivided +
alternate +
absent +
minute +
absent +
connate +
absent +
Celastrus scandens +
Celastrus +
species +
fascicles +
polygamodioecious +