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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Cercis canadensis var. canadensis

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

Cercis canadensis var. canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Cercis canadensis var. canadensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-04-001:

Cercis canadensis   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cercis canadensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree


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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_636

        

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

JK Marlow    jkm0303y_07

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

Keith Bradley    kab_c_canadensis_2506

March    Calhoun County    SC

Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve

Flowers are borne on old wood, and appear in spring before the leaves, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

Jan Haldeman    jhh305_a

March?        

"Cauliferous" flowers often grow straight out of trunks and branches, per Pause for Plants (Haldeman).

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

Jan Haldeman    jhh305_b

March?        

Calyx reddish or roseate, basally oblique, lobes triangularly dentate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_cercis_canadensis_2_s

April        

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140402_181405

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

Alan S. Weakley    asw_1643097719529984

May    Granville County    NC

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_247180961235258

May        NC

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

Alan S. Weakley    asw_3548381208775423

May        NC

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_cercis_canadensis

May        MA

Arnold Arboretum

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_cercis_canadensis_10

July        

Bark dark gray to brown, becoming slightly furrowed with thin scaly plates, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_cercis_canadensis_12

July        

Leaves palmately veined, glabrous above, bases heart-shaped, margins entire, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

JK Marlow    s050902_f

September    Greenville County    SC

Petioles swollen at both ends, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

JK Marlow    jkm141024_260

October    Greenville County    SC

Fruit a flat, oblong legume, 3-4" long, stalked, dark brown, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

JK Marlow    jkm0411i_07

November    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Fruit often persisting, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-04-001:
Cercis canadensis   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cercis canadensis

 

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Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to dry forests and woodlands, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, also commonly planted as an ornamental, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Unifoliolate (technically compound but having only 1 leaflet and appearing simple)
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Rose/Pink (rarely white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed irregularly campanulate calyx
5-parted corolla, vaguely papilionaceous
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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