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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ligustrum quihoui
FAMILY
Oleaceae
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Waxyleaf Privet is usually a lanky, tall evergreen shrub that may exceed 15 feet, with branches rather slender and spreading/drooping. The shiny and dark green leaves are narrowly lance-shaped and short-tapered to both ends. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Though seemingly established only rarely in parts of our area, this species has the potential to become another noxious "shrub weed" across the region, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligustrum quihoui
FAMILY
Oleaceae
COMMON NAME:
Waxyleaf Privet
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ligustrum quihoui
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligustrum quihoui
FAMILY
Oleaceae
3768
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Glade margins, suburban woodlands, disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: China
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite, or rarely alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Cream
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
Synsepalous calyx
4-lobed funnelform corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in terminal or axillary panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Blue?
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p086
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p192
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