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Plants
of Southern New Jersey
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Plant
Profile
Triosteum perfoliatum L.
feverwort, horse gentian
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| Photos
by Renee Brecht |
Britton and Brown. See
credits below.** |
| Botanical name: |
Triosteum perfoliatum L. |
| Common
name: |
feverwort |
| Group: |
dicot |
| Family: |
Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle) |
| Growth
Type: |
forb/herb |
| Duration: |
perennial |
| Origin: |
native |
| Plant
height: |
2' - 4' |
| Foliage: |
light green, hairless to slightly pubescent, leaves opposite, smooth to slightly undulating along margins |
| Flower: |
reddish to green to brown, 1/2"; fruit is orange, August to October |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
mid-May - late June |
| Habitat: |
well drained, open woods and thickets |
| Range
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New Jersey: |
statewide but rare on the Coastal Plain |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution |
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| Misc.: |
Utilized by bumblebees (Bombus spp.) and Anthophorid bees (Anthophora spp.), and the caterpillars of the moth Hemaris diffinis (Snowberry Clearwing.) |
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 572. |
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