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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Laurales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Calycanthus floridus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
GREATER THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
GREATER THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 083-01-001b:
Calycanthus floridus var. laevigatus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
GREATER THAN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Calycanthus floridus var. floridus
GREATER THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968)
Calycanthus floridus var. floridus
COMMON NAME:
Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice, Strawberry-shrub, Sweet Bubby-bush
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Ron Lance rwl_calycanthus_floridus
March Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0504q_24
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm120415_026
April Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Perianth undifferentiated, segments maroon, often with lighter tips, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120424_634
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm160423_477
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_c_floridus_03188
April Polk County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_floridus_rw_42205_2
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_floridus_sweetshrub
April
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Ben Geer Keys bgk236_a
April-May
Flowers somewhat urn-shaped and solitary on short leafy branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Gill Newberry gn05_c_floridus_fruits
May
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0405h_22
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
A yellow-flowering form.
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JK Marlow jkm140517_816
May Transylvania County NC
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm140614_882
June Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0310h_01
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
'Athens'