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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Styrax americanus +   FAMILY Styracaceae   Go to FSUS key


INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Styrax americanus   FAMILY Styracaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Styrax americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-02-002:

Styrax americana   FAMILY Styracaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
American Storax, American Snowbell


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_stam4_001_lvd

        

image of Styrax americanus +, American Storax, American Snowbell

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_stam4_006_lvd

        

image of Styrax americanus +, American Storax, American Snowbell

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_stpu6_001_lvd

        

image of Styrax americanus +, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm130128_190

January    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Styrax americanus +, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm130330_540

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Twigs often w epidermal cracks or slits. Nodes oft swollen, or twigs zigzag, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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JK Marlow    jkm130330_540b

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Buds superposed, scurfy; leaf scar with one raised, roughened bundle scar, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_1820088265040811

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Calyces of var. americanus are essentially glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Styrax americanus +, American Storax, American Snowbell

Alan S. Weakley    asw_683584506915589

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Pedicels of var. americanus are 10-14mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Styrax americanus +, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm130430_812

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Styrax americanus +, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm130430_815

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Bell-shaped, white, 1/2" long flowers appear in spring to early summer, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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JK Marlow    jkm130430_818

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Racemes to 3" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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JK Marlow    jkm130430_897

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves narrowly elliptic to ovate or obovate, usually 2-8cm long, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Styrax americanus +, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm0305w_11

May    Buncombe County    NC

NC Arboretum

image of Styrax americanus +, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm080505_065

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

image of Styrax americanus +, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm080505_068

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

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Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_052621hayesville05

May    Clay County    NC

Clay County Native Botanical Garden

image of Styrax americanus +, American Storax, American Snowbell

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_052621hayesville14

May    Clay County    NC

Clay County Native Botanical Garden

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JK Marlow    jkm160719_004b

July    Spartanburg County    SC

USC Upstate

Fruit a pendant, drupe-like capsule with 1-3 dark seed; calyx persistent, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Styrax americanus +   FAMILY Styracaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Styrax americanus   FAMILY Styracaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Styrax americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-02-002:
Styrax americana   FAMILY Styracaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1474

Shrub
Perennial

Look for it in moist to wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon or rare - depending on variety & region

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-merous
Synsepalous calyx, lobes minute
5-lobed campanulate corolla
10 stamens
Bisexual

Flowers in racemes of 1-4 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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