Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/7/08):
Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-001:
Halesia carolina
FAMILY
Styracaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Halesia carolina
COMMON NAME:
Common Silverbell
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JK Marlow jkm0402b_17
February Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Bark dark bluish-gray, smooth & orange-striped on young stems, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
JK Marlow jkm0402b_19
February Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Older bark blue-gray to brown, with scaly plates, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
JK Marlow jkm120424_524
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaves oblong, ovate to elliptic or oblong-ovate; finely serrate, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
COMPARE
leaves of Silverbell, Spicebush and Storax
Roxanna Martin rlm4211_319
April Spartanburg County SC
Calyx 3-6mm long, the teeth or lobes minute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roxanna Martin rlm4910_230
April Spartanburg County SC
Leaves widely elliptic to obovate, acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_halesia_tetraptera
April
Petals united for most of their length, the tube longer than the lobes, per Weakley's Flora.
Ron Lance rwl1932_a
April
Anthers just within the mouth of corolla tube, style slightly exserted, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm140625_332
June Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Fruit ellipsoid to slightly obovate in outline, broadly 4-winged, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/7/08):
Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-001:
Halesia carolina
FAMILY
Styracaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Halesia carolina