North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Plant Page | Jeff's Nature Pages

Santalaceae
	Bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata) Durham Co., NC 2 May 2006 Uncommon to common in dry soils statewide, this species is hemiparasitic, meaning that it steals some of its nutrition by attaching to the roots of other plants.
	Bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata) Durham Co., NC 2 May 2006
	Buffalo Nut (Pyrularia pubera) Graham Co., NC 28 Apr 2006 Found in the mountains and occasionally in the piedmont of NC, Buffalo Nut produces poisonous fruit causing mouth pain when eaten. Buffalo Nut is partially parasitic on the roots of other trees & shrubs.
	Buffalo Nut (Pyrularia pubera) Graham Co., NC 28 Apr 2006
	Buffalo Nut (Pyrularia pubera) Graham Co., NC 28 Apr 2006
	Buffalo Nut (Pyrularia pubera) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 Young fruit

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.