Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Laurales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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".
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
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Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Calycanthus floridus var. floridus
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 083-01-001b:
Calycanthus floridus var. laevigatus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
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Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 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 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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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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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.
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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'
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JK Marlow jkm201113_8226
November Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Calycanthus floridus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
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
236
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic forests and streambanks; in the East Gulf Coastal plain in dry-mesic beech-magnolia bluff forests and lower slopes of sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Maroon
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
Numerous tepals
Numerous stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pseudocarp
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p318
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p080
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p238
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p068
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p123
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p061
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p237
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p177
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p138
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p072
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p086
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p026
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p045
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p17
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p275
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p082