Exochorda racemosa

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Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Species Distribution Map
Family:ROSACEAE
Species:Exochorda racemosa (Lindl.) Rehder
Common Name:Pearlbush
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Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Pearlbush is an introduced deciduous shrub in the Rose family (Rosaceae). It is native to Asia. Pearlbush is sometimes planted as an ornamental in Alabama and it has been reported as an escape in one south Alabama county. In addition, it has been reported as an escape in 16 other states in the United States as well as in Europe and Australia. Pearlbush occurs on fence rows, around old home sites, and in weedy urban forests. It is a woody shrub with erect or arching stems reaching from 8-16 feet in height. The bark is gray-brown and tight. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, elliptic to obovate in outline, with entire or serrate margins. The leaves are glabrous to slightly hairy. Flowers are produced in terminal racemes with the new growth. The racemes have 4-10 flowers. Flowers have a bell-shaped hypanthium. There are 5 triangular green sepals and 5 white petals. The fruit is a 5 pointed star-shaped capsule.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:This species was first reported as part of the non-native flora by Alvin Diamond in 2014.
Status:Not Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyROSACEAE - Rose family
Genus Exochorda
Species Exochorda racemosa (Lindl.) Rehder - Pearlbush

Citation

Citation Exochorda racemosa (Lindley) Rehder, Pl. Wilson. 1(3): 456. 1913.
Basionym: Amelanchier racemosa Lindl. 1847.
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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Amelanchier racemosa Amelanchier racemosa Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 33: sub pl. 38. 1847.  

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Conecuh, Lee, Russell

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, TROY, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
ALNHS00002504 Lee 14 May 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1282		 ALNHS
Exochorda racemosa (Lindley) Rehder
TROY000039066 Conecuh 20 Mar 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24892		 TROY
Exochorda racemosa (Lindl.) Rehder
UWAL0016088 Conecuh 20 Mar 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24892		 UWAL
Exochorda racemosa (Lindl.) Rehder
ALNHS00002834 Russell 18 Mar 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1313		 ALNHS
Exochorda racemosa (Lindley) Rehder
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