Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Laurales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Calycanthus floridus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Calycanthus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
In the wild, its form tends to be tall, open, and sparse, and in the garden, it is usually shorter, with dense sprawling branches. Read more at Tree Talk, from University of Kentucky and Lexington community "tree-people".
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calycanthus brockianus
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calycanthus floridus
INCLUDING Flora of North America
Calycanthus floridus var. floridus
INCLUDING Flora of North America
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus
INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT PLANTS National Database
Calycanthus brockiana
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Calycanthus floridus var. floridus
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 083-01-001b:
Calycanthus floridus var. laevigatus FAMILY Calycanthaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Calycanthus floridus var. floridus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Calycanthus fertilis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Calycanthus floridus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Calycanthus mohrii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Calycanthus nanus
COMMON NAME:
Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice, Strawberry-shrub
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JK Marlow jkm070421_025
April Greenville County SC
Camp Spearhead
Fruit an ovoid leathery pendant capsule (woodland rodents mine its seeds), per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
JK Marlow jkm120415_026
April Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Perianth undifferentiated, segments maroon, often with lighter tips, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Ben Geer Keys bgk236_a
April-May
Flowers somewhat urn-shaped and solitary on short leafy branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm0405b_10
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, margins entire, acuminate, petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm0405h_22
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Georgia Sweetshrub (C. brockianus) has yellowish-green flowers and may be only a color variation, per Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016).
Ron Lance rwl_cfloridus
May Rutherford County NC
The flowers are 1" or more broad and have a spicy fragrance, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
Ron Lance rwl236_a
May
The nectarless flowers have a strong fruity odor that attracts small beetles, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
JK Marlow jkm140614_882
June Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Stem sparsely branched. Leaves opposite, oval to elliptic w tapering tips, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm160727_387
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Fruit green in summer turning dark brown to black over winter, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm0310h_01
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Georgia Sweetshrub is sold in nurseries as the cultivar 'Athens" and is especially fragrant, per Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Calycanthus floridus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calycanthus brockianus
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calycanthus floridus
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Calycanthus floridus var. floridus
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus
INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
PLANTS National Database
Calycanthus brockiana
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Calycanthus floridus var. floridus
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 083-01-001b:
Calycanthus floridus var. laevigatus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Calycanthus floridus var. floridus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Calycanthus fertilis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Calycanthus floridus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Calycanthus mohrii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Calycanthus nanus
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