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fiddlewood
Citharexylum spinosum
Citharexylum spinosum
fiddlewood Verbena Family
Citharexylum spinosum Verbenaceae
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common name
  fiddlewood
accepted scientific name
  Citharexylum spinosum L.
rules for finding collection records
  Citharexylum spinosum (105)
family name
  • Verbenaceae
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Category: Shrubs, Broadleaf Trees
Flowers: Five petals, Spike cluster of flowers
Petal colors: color
Flower size is about 0.25 inches
Leaf: Opposite, Simple
Plant Observed 3rd week of February thru end of October
Native to America. Naturalized in Hawaii.

How Likely at this Location (22%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (45%)
where plant found
mag select

Grassland
Disturbed
Wetland
Sand
Salt Marsh
Rocky
Riparian
Meadow
Forest
grid lines base


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Citharexylum spinosum   L.   (TSN: 33702788, Index: 1114)


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