Scientific name: Cephalanthus occidentalis L. Common name: Common Buttonbush Family: Rubiaceae; Madder Origin: Native Habitat: swamps, margins of streams Image: Cephalanthus occidentalis L., Common Buttonbush at the Road of Remembrance, "Old Stretch Road" in flatwoods of the Berry College Campus, Mt. Berry, Georgia; July 7, 2009.

Last updated on January 9, 2011.

References :
1. Fernald, Merritt L. Gray's Manual of Botany 8ed. New York: D.Van Nostrand, 1970: 1327.
2. Image by Zvezdana Ukropina-Crawford
3. USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

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Flatwoods at Berry College, Mt. Berry, Floyd County, Northwest Georgia, United States
A.W. Chapman collection from Floyd County, Georgia