Perennial [or rarely annual], rhizomatous and often stoloniferous herbs; above-ground stem
simple, terminating in an inflorescence; roots fibrous; sap often red or orange. Stems …

Deciduous [or evergreen],±pubescent trees or shrubs. Leaves simple usually with
deciduous stipules [or stipules fused or rarely absent], peti late, alternate [or opposite] …

1 Prepared for a biologically oriented generic flora of the southeastern United States, a joint
project of the Gray Herbarium and the Arnold Arboretum made possible through the support …

1 Prepared for a generic flora of the southeastern United States, a joint projec of the Gray
Herbarium and the Arnold Arboretum made possible through the suppo of the National …

• Prepared for the Generic Flora of the Southeastern United States, a long-term project made
possible by grants from the National Science Foundation and at this writing supported by …

Shrubs or trees with simple, alternate, exstipulate leaves. Flowers com-plete, showy, borne
singly in the axils of the leaves. Sepals 5 (6), im-bricate (quincuncial: 2 outside, 2 inside, 1 in …

Scarcely or non-succulent, annual [or perennial], glabrous or stellately pubescent herbs
[subshrubs, or shrubs], with mostly prostrate to erect, often much-branched stems from a …

Trees, shrubs [or frequently lianas], typically with unicellular medi-fixed trichomes. Leaves
opposite [rarely alternate or whorled; two glands often present toward the base of the blades …

Fothergilla is a small genus of spring-blooming shrubs in the Ha-mamelidaceae endemic to
the southeastern United States. The first specimens of the genus were collected by Dr …

Originally described from the northern extremity of the southern peninsula of Michigan, this
may now be recorded from Mackinac County in the Upper Peninsula as follows: broad wet …