OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Proteales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanus ×hispanica   FAMILY Platanaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanus ×hispanica [occidentalis × orientalis]   FAMILY Platanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Platanus ×hispanica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Platanus ×acerifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Platanus ×acerifolia

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)

Platanus hybrida

 

COMMON NAME:
London Planetree


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image of Platanus ×hispanica, London Planetree

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_acerif_london_1

August        

Bark exposed by peeling green (vs. mostly white in P. occidentalis), per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Platanus ×hispanica, London Planetree

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_acerif_london_2

August        

Lobes of leaves elongate, often longer than wide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Platanus ×hispanica, London Planetree

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_acerif_london_t

September        

Fruiting heads 1-3 per peduncle, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanus ×hispanica   FAMILY Platanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanus ×hispanica [occidentalis × orientalis]   FAMILY Platanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Platanus ×hispanica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Platanus ×acerifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Platanus ×acerifolia

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Platanus hybrida

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3749

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Hybrid of native and non-native

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Fall
Achene

 

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