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Oleaceae
Osmanthus

not marked as a favorite taxon *Osmanthus heterophyllus D. Don. Common name: Holly Osmanthus. Habitat: Suburban woodlands, from horticultural use. Distribution: Native of Japan. Naturalizing in Guilford County, NC (W. Cook, pers. comm. 2010). "Escaped from cultivation into several forested parks and stream valleys in urban parts of northern Virginia; also recently documented in a disturbed limestone forest at north end of Shenandoah National Park (J. Hughes)" (Virginia Botanical Associates 2019).

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Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4; = n/a — C, RAB. Basionym: Osmanthus heterophyllus D.Don 1958

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