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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bejaria racemosa   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bejaria racemosa   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Bejaria racemosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Bejaria racemosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Befaria racemosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Befaria racemosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Tarflower, Flycatcher


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image of Bejaria racemosa, Tarflower, Flycatcher

Keith Bradley    kab_b_racemosa_76960

May    Martin County    FL

Jonathan Dickinson State Park

image of Bejaria racemosa, Tarflower, Flycatcher

Keith Bradley    kab_b_racemosa_77049

May    Martin County    FL

Jonathan Dickinson State Park

image of Bejaria racemosa, Tarflower, Flycatcher

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbhabit_sebring98

June    Polk County    FL

image of Bejaria racemosa, Tarflower, Flycatcher

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbhabit_sebring99

June    Polk County    FL

A slender sparsely branched 3-7' shrub w hairy twigs & stiff erect branches, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Bejaria racemosa, Tarflower, Flycatcher

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbracemosa_lfsebring

June        

Leaves entire, leathery, tpically angled upward along the stem & twisted, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Bejaria racemosa, Tarflower, Flycatcher

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_bejaria_racemosa_38

July        

Flowers sticky, fragrant, bright white (often tinged with pink), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Bejaria racemosa, Tarflower, Flycatcher

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_bejaria_racemosa_39

July        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bejaria racemosa   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bejaria racemosa   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bejaria racemosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Bejaria racemosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Befaria racemosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Befaria racemosa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2409

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer
White often tinged with pink
7 petals
12-14 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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