OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 4 taxa in the family Sapindaceae, Soapberry family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

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camera icon Common Name: Balloonvine, Love-in-a-puff, Heartseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardiospermum halicacabum   FAMILY: Sapindaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardiospermum halicacabum   FAMILY: Sapindaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardiospermum halicacabum 117-01-001   FAMILY: Sapindaceae

 

Habitat: Thickets, riverbanks, cultivated or abandoned fields, other disturbed areas

Rare

Native: south central US, south through tropical America

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Golden Rain-tree

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Koelreuteria paniculata   FAMILY: Sapindaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Koelreuteria paniculata   FAMILY: Sapindaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Koelreuteria paniculata 117-02-001   FAMILY: Sapindaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, frequently cultivated as an ornamental tree, rarely escaped

Rare

Non-native: northern China

 


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Common Name: Florida Soapberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sapindus marginatus   FAMILY: Sapindaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sapindus saponaria var. saponaria   FAMILY: Sapindaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sapindus marginatus 117-03-001   FAMILY: Sapindaceae

 

Habitat: Coastal marsh hammocks, shell middens

Rare in Coastal Plain (historically in SC, but not recently seen)

Native to Georgia & possibly South Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Western Soapberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii   FAMILY: Sapindaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii   FAMILY: Sapindaceae

 

Habitat: Dry to mesic upland forests and woodlands, bluffs, glade margins, stream banks, hardwood flatwoods, bottomland forests; often associated with larger rivers

Native: south & west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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"How do we know which ornamental aliens have the capacity to become invasive and which do not?...it is very difficult to predict.... Japanese honeysuckle was planted as an ornamental for 80 years before it escaped cultivation." — Douglas W. Tallamy, Bringing Nature Home