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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
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 (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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0404y_33
April Rutherford County NC
Roadside
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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
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JK Marlow jkm160423_449
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_h_tetraptera_0754
April Newberry County SC
Lynch's Woods Park
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Roxanna Martin rlm4211_319
April Spartanburg County SC
Calyx 3-6mm long, the teeth or lobes minute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm4211_352
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm4211_354
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm4910_228
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm4910_230
April Spartanburg County SC
Leaves widely elliptic to obovate, acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm4910_242
April Spartanburg County SC
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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.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_halesia_tetraptera_3
April
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Ron Lance rwl1932_a
April
Anthers just within the mouth of corolla tube, style slightly exserted, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090510_048
May Greenville County SC
Palmetto Trail: Poinsett Passage
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JK Marlow jkm140625_332
June Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Fruit ellipsoid to slightly obovate in outline, broadly 4-winged, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm140625_339
June Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_tetraptera_tetrap_1
December Floyd County GA