12 September 2019.
Tennessee, United States
Locality: Marion County; Tennessee River Gorge Trust: Pot Point Nature Trail
Coordinates: 35.0798, -85.3880
(Map it)
Elevation: 256m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Mixed mesophytic forest: Oak-Hickory-Pine woodland; "Butterfly meadow": Goldenrod, Bluestem, Swamp Milkweed, Ironweed.
Number of plants sampled: 10
Associated species: Platanus occidentalis, Liriodendron tulipifera, Campsis radicans, Hydrangea arborescens, Amphicarpaea bracteata, Hedera helix, Clematis virginiana, Juniperus virginiana, Sassafras albidum, Alnus serrulata, Passiflora sp., Bignonia capreolata, Lespedeza sp., Cercis canadensis, Callicarpa americana, Calycanthus floridus, Smilax sp., Pinus virginiana, Pinus echinata
Aspect: ;
Slope: 10 Degrees
Comment: Shrub; height 5-6 ft; leaves Elliptic-ovate to ovate-oblong (base cuneate, apex acuminate); margins crenate-serrate; abaxially tomentose and glandular, adaxially pubescent; 7-14 cm; flowers not present; drupe, violet, 4 mm across.
Collector(s): - Deng, Tao, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS
- Gao, Xinfen, Chengdu Institute of Biology
- Gapinski, Andrew, Arnold Arboretum
- Halloran, Sean, Arnold Arboretum
- Kang, Wang, Education Department and Plant Documentation & Information
- Rubinstein, Jared, Arnold Arboretum