Itea
Family: Iteaceae
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Paul Rothrock
  • FNA
  • Gleason & Cronquist
  • Resources
Elizabeth Fortson Wells, Patrick E. Elvander in Flora of North America (vol. 8)
Shrubs without bristles and spines. Leaves: stipules minute, subulate; blade elliptic or obovate, surfaces glabrous or glabrate abaxially, glabrous adaxially, pinnately veined. Inflorescences: bracts subtending pedicels caducous. Flowers: hypanthium cup-shaped; sepals green; petals white; styles connate and grooved at anthesis, distinct in fruit. Capsules 2-locular, longitudinally 2-grooved. x = 11.
Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Hypanthium small, broadly cupulate; sep 5, small, erect; pet 5, narrowly oblong; stamens 5; filaments pubescent; ovary superior, bilocular, longitudinally 2-grooved, hairy; style grooved; stigma capitate; fr an indurate capsule, at first 2-grooved, tipped with the persistent style, eventually septicidal to the summit of the style; shrubs with chambered pith, superposed axillary buds, pinnately veined, serrulate lvs and slender, terminal racemes of small white fls. 20, e. U.S., e. Asia, w. Malaysia.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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Species within inventory project: Intermountain Regional Herbarium Network
Itea chinensis
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Itea glutinosa
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Itea ilicifolia
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Itea japonica
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Itea kiukiangensis
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Itea macrophylla
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Itea oldhamii
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Itea virginica
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Itea yunnanensis
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