Philadelphus pubescens Loisel.
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Authority
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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Family
Hydrangeaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stiffly branched shrub 1–3 m; bark of young twigs gray, not exfoliating; lvs ovate-elliptic, 5–8 cm, acuminate, glabrous above, the lower surface (as also the pedicels, hypanthium, and outer side of the sep) usually soft-hairy, but varying to glabrous; fls in racemes of 5–7, 2.5 cm wide, scarcely or only slightly fragrant; 2n=26. On limestone river-bluffs; Ky. and Tenn. to Ala., Mo., s. Ill., Okla., and e. Tex. May, June. (P. intectus, the glabrous extreme)
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Common Names
Ozark mock-orange