Autumn Olive
Scientific Name: Elaeagnus umbellata
Highly invasive shrub native to eastern Asia.
Autumn Olive
Scientific Name: Elaeagnus umbellata
Autumn Olive
| Genus species: | Elaeagnus umbellata | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Autumn Olive | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Elaeagnaceae 
Shrubs with silvery-scaly pubescence, sometimes thorny; leaves alternate, simple, usually silvery below, entire or serrate; flowers mostly bisexual, in racemes; fruit drupelike but an achene surrounded by flesh. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Nonnative | |||||||||||
| Category: | Shrub | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | Yellow | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | M. Becus | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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